CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-54858

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

26th percentile - higher than 26% of all known CVEs

Summary

When a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM Security Policy is configured with a JSON content profile that has a malformed JSON schema, and the security policy is applied to a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the bd process to terminate.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could remotely crash the bd process, potentially disrupting WAF/ASM protection and causing unavailability of protected applications.

Recommendation

Update BIG-IP to a version containing the fix and verify the correctness of JSON schemas in content profiles. Avoid using malformed JSON schemas in security policies.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

When a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM Security Policy is configured with a JSON content profile that has a malformed JSON schema, and the security policy is applied to a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the bd process to terminate.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS