Head-to-head
Cisco vs F5
Cisco carries 2.2× the disclosed CVE volume of F5. Volume reflects disclosure practice and install base as much as code quality — read it with the severity mix. Sourced from the NIST NVD; lower counts indicate a smaller disclosed vulnerability surface — not necessarily lower risk.
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Disclosure record
Bars are normalized per row to the larger value; the leading count is emphasized.
| Cisco | Metric | F5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 288 | Total CVEs | 132 | ||
| 23 | Critical | 2 | ||
| 80 | High | 83 | ||
| 184 | Medium | 41 | ||
| 1 | Low | 6 | ||
| 2,285 | Open in latest | 354 | ||
| 10 | Product families | 3 |
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Risk profile
Each severity band as a share of the vendor's own total — strips out raw volume so the profiles compare directly.
Cisco
8.0% critical- Critical
- 238.0%
- High
- 8027.8%
- Medium
- 18463.9%
- Low
- 10.3%
F5
1.5% critical- Critical
- 21.5%
- High
- 8362.9%
- Medium
- 4131.1%
- Low
- 64.5%
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Recent activity
Latest in-window disclosures per vendor, newest first. Each ID links to its NVD record.
Cisco
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-20349(opens NVD record) | High | 8.6 | Aug 11, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20273(opens NVD record) | High | 8.6 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20272(opens NVD record) | Critical | 9.8 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20271(opens NVD record) | High | 8.6 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20270(opens NVD record) | High | 8.6 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20269(opens NVD record) | High | 8.6 | Aug 5, 2026 |
F5
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-60005(opens NVD record) | High | 8.2 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-60065(opens NVD record) | Low | 3.7 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-56434(opens NVD record) | Medium | 6.5 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-55723(opens NVD record) | High | 8.3 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-52865(opens NVD record) | Medium | 6.5 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-42533(opens NVD record) | High | 8.1 | Jul 15, 2026 |