CVE-2025-53521Vulnerability
F5 BIG-IP Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Exploited in the wildCISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list on .
Reported by 2 independent sources · first reported by Sophos X-Ops · last reported
Last reported 1 month ago
CISA KEVAdded 27 Mar 2026
Fix due 30 Mar 2026
Used by ransomware: not knownCISA KEV catalogue
Fix due 30 Mar 2026
Used by ransomware: not knownCISA KEV catalogue
EPSS2.3%
higher than 83% of CVEsFIRST EPSS, as of 23 Oct 2026
higher than 83% of CVEsFIRST EPSS, as of 23 Oct 2026
What the reports say
2 reports, newest first · the exact sentence from each-
F5 Patches Critical BIG-IP APM Zero-Day Exploited for Unauthenticated RCE on OAuth Servers“Another APM flaw, CVE-2025-53521, was added to CISA's KEV catalog in March.”
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Dissecting a PHP web server rootkit“F5 associates the related c05d5254 activity with BIG-IP APM systems affected by CVE-2025-53521, an exploited unauthenticated RCE in BIG-IP APM when an access policy is configured on a virtual server.”
Indicators reported together
named in the same reports- 26bd5b0722d1dbab…b3d6d57bccc9in 1 report
- 17.5.1[.]3in 1 report
Copy these 2 indicators · defanged
Also named with it: CVE-2026-94127
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