Bug ID 2048325: Excessive log entries in wr_urldbd.out was caused by queries for URLs with an asterisk character

Last Modified: Oct 15, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP AFM, LTM, PEM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1.3

Opened: Sep 09, 2025

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Every time a query with an asterisk character ('*') is sent to the BrightCloud online service, for example, *.example.com, an error occurs. The error is returned by BrightCloud and logged in /var/log/wr_urldbd.out as, WR_URLDBD: Sep 09 06:13:33.035:Tid(4810):async_lookupCallback:702 Error processing URL:*.example.com and Status Code:S_ErrArg Although the query is successful.

Impact

Unnecessary error logs in the /var/log/wr_urldbd.out log file. An error is logged even when the domain exists, and the BrightCloud query is successful.

Conditions

A query with an asterisk character ('*') is sent to the BrightCloud online service, either by a client device or using tmsh: $ tmsh show ltm urlcat-query '\*.example.com'

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips