Bug ID 1787909: Sys db variable security.configpassword value is changed to not null when ng_export is interrupted

Last Modified: Jun 19, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
17.1.2, 17.1.2.1, 17.1.2.2

Opened: Jan 22, 2025

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

AAA authentication starts failing after exporting/importing an access policy.

Impact

A change to the AAA password does not take effect and AAA authentication fails.

Conditions

When 'ng_export <access policy name> <new access policy name>' is interrupted, for example by pressing CTRL-C.

Workaround

You are affected by this issue if you expect security.configpassword to be null but the output of 'tmsh list sys db security.configpassword' is non-null. You can run the following command to set it back to null. tmsh modify /sys db security.configpassword value "<null>"

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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