Bug ID 452024: System authentication with APM does not support special symbols

Last Modified: Apr 11, 2024

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