Bug ID 482177: Accessing Sharepoint web application portal interferes with IdP initiated SAML SSO

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.6.0, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.1, 11.5.4

Opened: Oct 01, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K16777

Symptoms

Accessing SharePoint web application portal with SSO configured for path /* (as part of portal access resource item) first will break IdP intiated Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) single sign-on (SSO).

Impact

End user will see 404 NotFound page.

Conditions

Having SharePoint Portal Access resource as well as SAML resource on full webtop. Access SharePoint application by clicking first on SharePoint icon on full webtop and then SAML resource causes SAML SSO to break.

Workaround

Disable SSO to Portal Access application SharePoint.

Fix Information

Accessing a SAML resource on the webtop after a SharePoint resource no longer causes SSO to break.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips