Last Modified: Jul 18, 2026
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM
Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1, 11.5.1 hf1, 11.5.1 hf2, 11.5.1 hf3, 11.5.1 hf4, 11.5.1 hf5, 11.5.1 hf6, 11.5.1 hf7, 11.5.1 hf8, 11.5.1 hf9, 11.5.1 hf10, 11.5.1 hf11, 11.5.2, 11.5.2 hf1, 11.5.3, 11.5.3 hf1, 11.5.3 hf2, 11.5.4, 11.5.4 hf1, 11.5.4 hf2, 11.5.4 hf3, 11.5.4 hf4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10
Fixed In:
11.6.0
Opened: Nov 13, 2013 Severity: 3-Major Related Article:
K15544
LTM policies do not accept special characters in HTTP header names.
The system posts a validation error. For example, for the value $WSRA, the system posts the following message: 01071748:3: Policy '/Common/ft1_pool_select', rule 'notvar2'; invalid name, value '$WSRA'.
This occurs when trying to use a '$' character in a header name.
None.
You can now use the special characters ~!#$%^&*| in HTTP headers and cookie names.