Bug ID 1575325: SAML SP not sending Authnrequest and throwing an error "Failed to get authentication request from session variable 'session.samlcryptodata.CompressAuthnRQ' for SAML Agent: /Common/SP_access_policy_act_saml_auth_ag."

Last Modified: Feb 28, 2025

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

Fixed In:
17.5.0, 17.1.2

Opened: Apr 03, 2024

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

-> BIG-IP as SAML SP not sending Authnrequest

Impact

- BIG-IP cannot be used as an SP

Conditions

- Enable sign Authentication "Sign Authentication Request" in "Local SP Services" config, export it, and import it as SP connector in BIG-IP as IDP. - Access the BIG-IP virtual server acting as SAML SP

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Changed the returning failure, if session.samlcryptodata.CompressAuthnRQ is NULL

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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