CVE-2026-42946

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 60.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-05-13 14:12Z5 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-13 16:06Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-04-30

Assigning CNA

f5

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-789Memory Allocation with Excessive Size ValueVariant
• CWE-823Use of Out-of-range Pointer OffsetBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

75cb1fd22bcb638fa6a56aa84c2a8991fcc7971cbb88e8155859f22b6c9982b7

• my.f5.comhttps://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000161027vendor-advisorypatch