{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27718 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-27718 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-27718 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall, published on 24 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-27718 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-27718 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall, published on 24 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27718 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27718/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27718/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-27718","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27718/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-27718","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-gmqq-hrf4-4gvf"],"analysis":{"component_type":"network_device","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"BIG-IP ASM WAF","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can cause excessive CPU usage and denial of service in BIG-IP ASM or Advanced WAF by sending JSON requests with an unusually large number of parameters.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"f5","cpe":[{"product":"big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall","vendor":"f5"},{"product":"big-ip_application_security_manager","vendor":"f5"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"When a BIG-IP ASM or Advanced WAF system running version 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, or 11.6.1-11.6.5.2 processes requests with JSON payload, an unusually large number of parameters can cause excessive CPU usage in the BIG-IP ASM bd process.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Denial of service in BIG-IP ASM \u0026 Advanced WAF","id":"CVE-2020-27718","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall","products":["f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall","f5:big-ip_application_security_manager"],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in BIG-IP","id":"CVE-2020-27719"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial of service in BIG-IP DNS","id":"CVE-2020-27717"},"products":["BIG-IP ASM \u0026 Advanced WAF"],"published":"2020-12-24","related":[{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Privilege escalation in BIG-IP Advanced WAF and BIG-IP ASM","id":"CVE-2021-23031","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-09-14"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Server-side request forgery in BIG-IP Advanced WAF and BIG-IP ASM","id":"CVE-2021-23029","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-09-14"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Missing authorization in BIG-IP ASM/Advanced WAF","id":"CVE-2021-23014","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-10"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in BIG-IP Advanced WAF and BIG-IP ASM","id":"CVE-2021-22993","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-03-31"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM vulnerability","id":"CVE-2026-40060","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-13"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"BIG-IP HTTP/2 Layer 7 Dos Protection vulnerability","id":"CVE-2026-41227","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-13"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-54858","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-10-15"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can cause excessive CPU usage and denial of service in BIG-IP ASM or Advanced WAF by sending JSON requests with an unusually large number of parameters.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27718/"}