CVE-2025-61990 TMM vulnerability

High 8.7 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service by sending undisclosed traffic to the Traffic Management Microkernel on multi-bladed F5 BIG-IP platforms.

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-2025-61990?

CVE-2025-61990 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 15 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

When using a multi-bladed platform with more than one blade, undisclosed traffic 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-415

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-61990?

It affects 24 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 18 more.

How do I fix CVE-2025-61990?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-61990 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2025-61990 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-61990 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r883-xfpj-rcw8.

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