Bug ID 1420481: Observing continuous log messages "Found correct SSH ECDSA key in authorised keys." in /var/log/messages

Last Modified: Apr 19, 2025

Affected Product(s):
F5OS F5OS-A, Install/Upgrade(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-A 1.5.0, F5OS-A 1.5.1, F5OS-A 1.5.2, F5OS-A 1.5.3, F5OS-A 1.7.0

Fixed In:
F5OS-A 1.8.0

Opened: Dec 08, 2023

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Seen repeated logs of "Found correct SSH key" approximately every 20 seconds in /var/log/messages.

Impact

Flooding of /var/log/messages log file with "Found correct SSH ECDSA key in authorized_keys".

Conditions

These logs are seen every 20 seconds from the time of system startup.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Orchestration Manager now redirects these log messages to the /dev/null

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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