Input validation error in BIG-IP PEM - CVE-2025-35995
Published: May 7, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU108777
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-35995
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when a BIG-IP PEM system is licensed with URL categorization, and the URL categorization policy or an iRule with the urlcat command is enabled on a virtual server. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
BIG-IP PEM
How to mitigate CVE-2025-35995
Install updates from vendor's website.
BIG-IP PEM - addressed in versions 16.1.6, 17.1.2.2