Head-to-head
F5 vs Cisco
Cisco carries 2.0× 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.
| F5 | Metric | Cisco | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Total CVEs | 686 | ||
| 8 | Critical | 40 | ||
| 213 | High | 206 | ||
| 120 | Medium | 438 | ||
| 10 | Low | 2 | ||
| 354 | Open in latest | 2,285 | ||
| 3 | Product families | 10 |
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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.
F5
2.3% critical- Critical
- 82.3%
- High
- 21360.7%
- Medium
- 12034.2%
- Low
- 102.8%
Cisco
5.8% critical- Critical
- 405.8%
- High
- 20630.0%
- Medium
- 43863.8%
- Low
- 20.3%
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Recent activity
Latest in-window disclosures per vendor, newest first. Each ID links to its NVD record.
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 |
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 |