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F5: CVE-2020-5936: K44020030: BIG-IP Client SSL Security Advisory CVE-2020-5936

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Oct 28, 2020

Added

Jun 17, 2026

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) process may consume excessive resources when processing SSL traffic and client authentication are enabled on the client SSL profile.

Solution

f5-bigip-upgrade-latest

References

CVE-2020-5936
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-5936
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K44020030
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-27090
CWE-400
EUVD-EUVD-2020-27090

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