SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-6638

On BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.0.5 and 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, Malformed http requests made to an undisclosed iControl REST endpoint can lead to infinite loop of the restjavad process.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.95%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.95%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

On BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.0.5 and 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, Malformed http requests made to an undisclosed iControl REST endpoint can lead to infinite loop of the restjavad process.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.95% probability · 80th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-835
Affected
f5/big-ip local traffic manager · f5/big-ip application acceleration manager · f5/big-ip advanced firewall manager · f5/big-ip analytics · f5/big-ip access policy manager · f5/big-ip application security manager · f5/big-ip domain name system · f5/big-ip edge gateway · f5/big-ip global traffic manager · f5/big-ip link controller · f5/big-ip policy enforcement manager · f5/big-ip webaccelerator · f5/big-ip fraud protection service
Source
f5sirt@f5.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.95%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.