CVE-2025-52585 BIG-IP Client SSL profile vulnerability
Attackers can cause a denial of service by triggering a null dereference in TMM when SSL Forward Proxy and ADH ciphers are enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-52585?
CVE-2025-52585 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 13 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
When a BIG-IP LTM Client SSL profile is configured on a virtual server with SSL Forward Proxy enabled and Anonymous Diffie-Hellman (ADH) ciphers enabled, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate.
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52585?
It affects 21 products.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager and 15 more.
How do I fix CVE-2025-52585?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-52585 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52585 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication
- CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qrp9-vxp3-2xw6.