Last Modified: Jul 15, 2026
Affected Product(s):
BIG_IP_NEXT(BNK) BNK
Known Affected Versions:
2.2.0, 2.2.1
Opened: Mar 02, 2026 Severity: 3-Major
The CWC component of F5 BIG-IP BNK 2.2.0 handles license registration. The license is inputted as a value on the CWC Helm Chart. If this license key is invalid, and CWC is uninstalled and reinstalled, CWC may retain the old invalid status and never re-attempt to register the new license value.
Licensing may be stuck in a perpetually invalid state, even after uninstall/reinstall. CWC's licensing status is stored in secrets which are orphaned upon uninstallation. Ordinarily k8s garbage collector would clean these up after CWC is uninstalled, but CWC does not set the ownerReferences correctly so the garbage collector is not able to find the orphan secrets.
Using Helm to install BNK 2.2.0.
To work around this issue you must delete the CWC-related licensing secrets: activationmessage context licensestatus statehistory telemetryreports activationstatus initialregistrationstatus modeofoperation switchlicensestatus telemetrystatus As you delete the secrets, you should see these messages: secret "activationmessage" deleted secret "context" deleted secret "licensestatus" deleted secret "statehistory" deleted secret "telemetryreports" deleted secret "activationstatus" deleted secret "initialregistrationstatus" deleted secret "modeofoperation" deleted secret "switchlicensestatus" deleted secret "telemetrystatus" deleted
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