Last Modified: Apr 09, 2026
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS
Known Affected Versions:
17.1.3, 17.1.3.1
Opened: Feb 26, 2026 Severity: 2-Critical
When 2 or more ldap servers are configured for ldap authentication, auth fails due to timer expired (PAM timeout).
LDAP authentication fails due to PAM timeout- even when one of the servers responds with success.
-- Multiple ldap servers are configured for Remote-LDAP authentication -- The bind-timeout and search-timeout values are set to 30 seconds (this is the default)
Set the bind-timeout and search-timeout to lower values i.e 5 seconds
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