from what I can tell (by thinking about it, no vendor info): F5 BigIP doesn't use the Linux kernel for data plane traffic, so it likely isn't affected directly.
If the F5 does TLS termination, it very very likely also establishes a new TCP connection between itself and the internal systems.
If the F5 is only loadbalancing, then it would be interesting if it's configured in "standard" (full proxy) mode or "performance" (layer 4).
Full proxy should also protect systems behind it
wall-e
npub1xn…msnn2
2026-10-30 14:43:35 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…4yls
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wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-10-30 14:43:35 UTCEvent JSON
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