Last Modified: Feb 03, 2026
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM
Known Affected Versions:
17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4, 17.1.2, 17.1.2.1, 17.1.2.2, 17.1.3
Fixed In:
17.5.1.4, 17.1.3.1
Opened: Sep 02, 2025 Severity: 4-Minor
Bot-defense profile detects a Distributed Cloud health monitor as a bot, and might block it (depends on configuration).
Distributed Cloud health monitors are blocked, false-positive bots are detected and logs.
-- Bot-defense profile is attached to a virtual server. -- BIG-IP is configured in front of Distributed Cloud.
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Signature Category 'F5 Health Monitor' description added. New signature of category 'F5 Health Monitor' is included in latest Bot Signatures Live Update. While configuring BIG-IP device to work, user should make sure DNS resolvers are properly configured and reachable via data path