High 7.5Published May 13, 2026

CVE-2026-40618BIG-IP SSL/TLS vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 3:23 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

When an SSL profile is configured on a virtual server on BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) without Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) or on BIG-IP hardware platforms with the database variable crypto.hwacceleration set to disabled, 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.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-131
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: f5
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 13, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP f5:big_ip (from the name)	from 21.1.0 not affected; from 21.0.0 before 21.0.0.1; 17.5.0 builds before 17.1.5.4; from 17.1.0 before 17.1.3.1; from 16.1.0	CNA record
F5 BIG-IP Next SPK f5:big_ip_next_spk (from the name)	from 2.0.0; from 1.7.0	CNA record
F5 BIG-IP Next CNF f5:big_ip_next_cnf (from the name)	from 2.0.0; from 1.1.0	CNA record
F5 BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes f5:big_ip_next_for_kubernetes (from the name)	from 2.0.0 before 2.2.0	CNA record
f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager	from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6; 21.0.0	NVD
f5 big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6; 21.0.0	NVD
f5 big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall	from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6; 21.0.0	NVD
f5 big-ip_analytics f5:big-ip_analytics	from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6; 21.0.0	NVD
f5 big-ip_application_acceleration_manager f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6; 21.0.0	NVD
f5 big-ip_application_security_manager f5:big-ip_application_security_manager	from 17.1.0 through 17.1.3; from 17.5.0 through 17.5.1; from 16.1.0 through 16.1.6; 21.0.0	NVD
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References

References

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000158082	vendor-advisory, patch, mitigation

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