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CVE-2021-23036

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-23036 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP ASM and DataSafe modules on version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.2. Undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate, leading to system unavailability. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable issue with low attack complexity and high impact on availability, requiring no user interaction or privileges. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant media attention and community discussion, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 16.0.0, <= 16.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.0.0, <= 16.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.0.0, <= 16.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_datasafe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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 Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0093 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.f5.com / csp/article/K05043394
MitigationVendor Advisory