VulnerabilityPublished 18 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-2507: F5 BIG-IP · NULL Pointer Dereference

Affects F5 BIG-IPSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 09:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

7.5High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 25% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: High: There is total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 18 Feb 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
F5BIG-IP	Affected >=17.5.1.4 <17.5.1.4.0.17.20-ENG	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Immediate monitoring of network traffic for unusual patterns that could trigger the vulnerability is critical. 2. Implement network segmentation and access controls to limit exposure of BIG-IP management and data interfaces to untrusted networks. 3. Employ rate limiting and anomaly detection to reduce the likelihood of triggering the NULL pointer dereference. 4. Maintain up-to-date backups and incident response plans to quickly recover from service disruptions. 5. Engage with F5 Networks for early access to patches or workarounds as they become available. 6. Consider deploying redundant BIG-IP devices or failover configurations to maintain availability during an attack. 7. Regularly audit and review BIG-IP configurations to ensure minimal attack surface and adherence to security best practices. 8. Coordinate with upstream ISPs and security vendors to detect and mitigate potential attack traffic before it reaches critical infrastructure.

Description

When BIG-IP AFM or BIG-IP DDoS is provisioned, undisclosed traffic can cause TMM to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Impact

For European organizations, the impact of CVE-2026-2507 can be substantial, particularly for entities relying on F5 BIG-IP devices for network security, traffic management, and DDoS mitigation. The forced termination of the TMM process leads to denial of service, potentially causing network outages, degraded application performance, and interruption of critical services. This can affect financial institutions, telecommunications providers, government agencies, and enterprises with high availability requirements. Disruption of BIG-IP functionality may also expose organizations to secondary risks, such as increased vulnerability to other attacks due to loss of firewall or DDoS protections. The lack of confidentiality or integrity impact reduces the risk of data breaches but does not mitigate the operational and reputational damage caused by service unavailability. Given the remote exploitability and no need for authentication, attackers can launch DoS attacks at scale, potentially targeting multiple organizations simultaneously.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: MediumCWE Top 25 (2025): #13OWASP Top 10 A10:2025: Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions (opens in a new tab)
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Implementation
For any pointers that could have been modified or provided from a function that can return NULL, check the pointer for NULL before use. When working with a multithreaded or otherwise asynchronous environment, ensure that proper locking APIs are used to lock before the check, and unlock when it has finished.
Requirements
Select a programming language that is not susceptible to these issues.
Implementation
Check the results of all functions that return a value and verify that the value is non-null before acting upon it.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Logging (opens in a new tab)
Error Handling (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V11.1.7 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000160003 (opens in a new tab)

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What to do

Affected software

Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 19 Feb 2026, 12:09 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-476

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