Bug ID 2185537: Application Security Administrator role cannot edit the General Settings of parent policies from the GUI

Last Modified: Dec 16, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.0, 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.2.1, 16.1.2.2, 16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 16.1.5.2, 16.1.6, 16.1.6.1, 17.0.0, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2, 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, 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1.3, 21.0.0

Opened: Dec 12, 2025

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When attempting to edit a parent ASM policy through the GUI, options under the General Settings tab will be greyed out or disabled.

Impact

Accounts with the Application Security Administrator role will be unable to edit the General Settings of a parent ASM policy through the GUI

Conditions

A user with the Application Security Administrator role is logged in and attempting to edit the General Settings of a parent ASM policy through the GUI.

Workaround

By using REST calls instead of the GUI, Application Security Administrators can still make the necessary edits.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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