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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 24, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-27718

CVE-2020-27718

Description

When a BIG-IP ASM or Advanced WAF system running version 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, or 11.6.1-11.6.5.2 processes requests with JSON payload, an unusually large number of parameters can cause excessive CPU usage in the BIG-IP ASM bd process.

Affected products

3
  • F5 Networks/BIG-IP ASM or Advanced WAFdescription
  • F5, Inc./BIG-IP Advanced WAFllm-fuzzy
    Range: 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, 11.6.1-11.6.5.2
  • F5, Inc./BIG-IP ASMllm-fuzzy
    Range: 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, 11.6.1-11.6.5.2

Patches

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References

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