F5's BIG-IP product was found to have a critical unauthenticated heap-overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-94127) that allows for remote code execution, as detailed in a research article by watchTowr Labs.
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[comment u/HJForsythe] F5 stuff costs way too much for this shit to be possible.
“F5 stuff costs way too much for this shit to be possible.”
u/HJForsythe53 points · Sep 23, 2026View
“Auth header too big for big-ip”
u/pourquoipasvous31 points · Sep 23, 2026View
“Imagine writing security-critical software in insecure languages... (And then wonder why you get pwned every week...)”
u/NamedBird13 points · Sep 24, 2026View
“Time to have fable rewrite that stack in go or rust.”
u/ImATurtleOnTheNet9 points · Sep 24, 2026View
“clown show”
u/Human_Pollution28202 points · Sep 24, 2026View
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"[comment u/HJForsythe] F5 stuff costs way too much for this shit to be possible."
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