Last Modified: Sep 10, 2026
Affected Product(s):
F5OS F5OS-A, F5OS-C
Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-A 1.8.4, F5OS-A 1.8.4-HR1, F5OS-A 1.8.4-HR2, F5OS-C 1.8.1, F5OS-C 1.8.2, F5OS-C 1.8.2-HR1, F5OS-C 1.8.2-HR2
Fixed In:
F5OS v2.0.0
Opened: May 28, 2025 Severity: 3-Major
- The GUI reports a Server Error 'application timeout' when attempting to change a user's password. - Attempting to load the "Users & Roles" page fails with the error "Failure for data/openconfig-system:system/aaa/authentication/f5-system-aaa:roles/role API. The server or an underlying service is unreachable."
The user manager daemon is temporarily unresponsive. It should recover after approximately five minutes. Attempts to change user's password does not take effect and authentication fails when using the new password.
- F5OS system - The local password policy "Apply Policy on Setting Passwords for User Accounts" option (referred to as "apply-to-root" in the CLI and API) is set to "false". The default for this option is "true". - Attempt to change a user's password.
Set the "Apply Policy on Setting Passwords for User Accounts" / "apply-to-root" option to "true".
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