Bug ID 452022: System authentication with APM does not support Unicode characters

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3

Opened: Mar 12, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

System authentication using APM methods will not work if the user name and password contains Unicode characters (e.g., Chinese characters) or the symbols ampersand, colon, less than, and single quotation mark (&, :, <, and ').

Impact

Users with unicode characters are unable to log in.

Conditions

Authentication is being done with APM.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips