Bug ID 1280813: 'Illegal URL' violation may trigger after upgrade

Last Modified: May 09, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 16.1.5.2, 17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4, 17.1.2, 17.1.2.1

Opened: Mar 24, 2023

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Illegal URL violation is triggered for Allowed URL(s).

Impact

Requests get blocked with an 'Illegal URL' violation despite the it being defined as an Allowed URL because the URL object's Content-Profile reference does not get inserted and is missing in the MySQL database post-upgrade.

Conditions

The conditions that trigger this issue post-upgrade are unknown at this time and the occurrence is rare.

Workaround

- Delete the problematic URL within the 'Security ›› Application Security : URLs : Allowed URLs : Allowed HTTP URLs' section in Configuration Utility. - Re-create the URL again. - Save the changes with the 'Apply Policy' task.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips