Mar 27, 2026 - For details about updated CVE-2025-53521 (BIG-IP APM vulnerability), refer to K000156741.

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  • romolo82's avatar
    romolo82
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    Hi, thanks a lot. I have this output:

    rluciani01@(LTM-D-SERVIZI-01-D-01)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos)# show /sys tmm-traffic

    -------------------------------------------------
    Sys::TMM: 0.0            
    -------------------------------------------------
    TMM Traffic                ClientSide  ServerSide
      Bits In                        2.4T        2.4T
      Bits Out                     487.2G      483.8G
      Packets In                     1.1G        1.1G
      Packets Out                   70.3M       69.8M
      Current Connections              10          10
      Maximum Connections              87          87
      Evicted Connections               0           0
      Slow Connections Killed           0           0
      Total Connections             20.1M       18.9M
      Total Requests                 1.2K           -
                             
    Errors                   
      Maintenance Mode                  0
      Virtual Addr Limit                0
      Virtual Server Limit              0
      Wrong Address                     0
      No handler                   280.9K
      No Staged Handler                 0
      No license                        0
      Connection Memory                 0
      Packets Dropped                   0
      Packets In Errors                 0
      Packets Out Errors                0
    Connections Redirected              0

    -------------------------------------------------
    Sys::TMM: 0.2            
    -------------------------------------------------
    TMM Traffic                ClientSide  ServerSide
      Bits In                      665.4G      663.8G
      Bits Out                     692.5G      690.5G
      Packets In                   313.5M      312.1M
      Packets Out                  135.4M      134.9M
      Current Connections               9           9
      Maximum Connections              90          90
      Evicted Connections               0           0
      Slow Connections Killed           0           0
      Total Connections             27.0M       25.8M
      Total Requests                 1.2K           -
                             
    Errors                   
      Maintenance Mode                  0
      Virtual Addr Limit                0
      Virtual Server Limit              0
      Wrong Address                     0
      No handler                   281.1K
      No Staged Handler                 0
      No license                        0
      Connection Memory                 0
      Packets Dropped                   0
      Packets In Errors                 0
      Packets Out Errors                0
    Connections Redirected              0


    [rluciani01@LTM-D-SERVIZI-01-D-01:Active:In Sync] ~ # tmctl tmm_stat -s slot_id,cpu,client_side_traffic.cur_conns,server_side_traffic.cur_conns
    slot_id cpu client_side_traffic.cur_conns server_side_traffic.cur_conns
    ------- --- ----------------------------- -----------------------------
          0   0                            10                            10
          0   2                             7                             7

    [rluciani01@LTM-D-SERVIZI-01-D-01:Active:In Sync] ~ # tmctl tmm_stat -s slot_id,cpu,client_side_traffic.cur_conns,server_side_traffic.cur_conns
    slot_id cpu client_side_traffic.cur_conns server_side_traffic.cur_conns
    ------- --- ----------------------------- -----------------------------
          0   0                             9                             9
          0   2                            11                            11

    [rluciani01@LTM-D-SERVIZI-01-D-01:Active:In Sync] ~ # tmctl tmm_stat -s slot_id,cpu,client_side_traffic.cur_conns,server_side_traffic.cur_conns
    slot_id cpu client_side_traffic.cur_conns server_side_traffic.cur_conns
    ------- --- ----------------------------- -----------------------------
          0   0                            10                            10
          0   2                             9                             9

    [rluciani01@LTM-D-SERVIZI-01-D-01:Active:In Sync] ~ # tmctl tmm_stat -s slot_id,cpu,client_side_traffic.cur_conns,server_side_traffic.cur_conns
    slot_id cpu client_side_traffic.cur_conns server_side_traffic.cur_conns
    ------- --- ----------------------------- -----------------------------
          0   0                            10                            10
          0   2                            12                            12

    [rluciani01@LTM-D-SERVIZI-01-D-01:Active:In Sync] ~ # tmctl tmm_stat -s slot_id,cpu,client_side_traffic.cur_conns,server_side_traffic.cur_conns
    slot_id cpu client_side_traffic.cur_conns server_side_traffic.cur_conns
    ------- --- ----------------------------- -----------------------------
          0   0                             9                             9
          0   2                            10                            10


    These output are rilevated during simulated calls, but client side always same errors....

    • VishnuGatla's avatar
      VishnuGatla
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      Thank you for the output. F5 is not enforcing a connection cap, and the system is healthy. The next step is to check for external, server-side, or network path limits, and to use packet capture to see where the connection is being refused or dropped.

      tcpdump -ni 0.0:nnnp port 61616 -s0 -w /var/tmp/port61616_test.pcap