Bug ID 1377517: In BD profile UI, If pipe character '|' is used in block response body, the string after the first pipe overwrites the content-type field.

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Fixed In:
17.5.0

Opened: Oct 09, 2023

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

In BD profile, If pipe character '|' is being used in the block response body, the string after the first pipe automatically overwrites the block response content-type field.

Impact

The block response content-type field will automatically be overwritten with block response data after the first '|' character.

Conditions

1. BD profile is being used with at least 1 endpoint set to block mitigation action. 2. The block response field is being modified with UI to add the pipe character '|' in content.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

The BD profile is now giving error while adding pipe "|" character in the block response body.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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