Head-to-head
Cisco vs F5
Cisco carries 3.4× 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,896 | Total CVEs | 860 | ||
| 100 | Critical | 46 | ||
| 1,247 | High | 469 | ||
| 1,523 | Medium | 328 | ||
| 26 | Low | 17 | ||
| 2,331 | Open in latest | 349 | ||
| 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
3.5% critical- Critical
- 1003.5%
- High
- 1,24743.1%
- Medium
- 1,52352.6%
- Low
- 260.9%
F5
5.3% critical- Critical
- 465.3%
- High
- 46954.5%
- Medium
- 32838.1%
- Low
- 172.0%
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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-2026-76504(opens NVD record) | Critical | 9.8 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-76460(opens NVD record) | Critical | 10.0 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-76451(opens NVD record) | Medium | 4.9 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-76450(opens NVD record) | Medium | 4.9 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-76449(opens NVD record) | Medium | 4.9 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-76448(opens NVD record) | Medium | 4.9 | Sep 16, 2026 |
F5
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-94127(opens NVD record) | Critical | 9.8 | Sep 22, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-63020(opens NVD record) | Low | 3.1 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| 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 |