Bug ID 1600853: Attempting to create a CSR SSL certificate with key usage specified and a wildcard hostname fails with an error

Last Modified: Feb 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 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, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4, 17.1.2, 17.1.2.1

Fixed In:
17.5.0

Opened: Jun 25, 2024

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The creation of the certificate fails with "Following fields contains invalid characters: Common Name" or whatever field had the wildcard character in it.

Impact

Certificate creation fails.

Conditions

-- Creating a certificate via the BIG-IP GUI -- keyUsage and Basic Constraints fields are not empty

Workaround

Use TMSH to create CSR

Fix Information

Remove the check for bad shell characters

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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