Bug ID 514636: SWG Category Lookup using Subject.CN results in a crash if the certificate presented does not have a Subject.CN.

Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 11.6.0 hf1, 11.6.0 hf2, 11.6.0 hf3, 11.6.0 hf4, 11.6.0 hf5, 11.6.0 hf6, 11.6.0 hf7, 11.6.0 hf8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 hf1, 11.6.1 hf2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 hf1, 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

Fixed In:
12.0.0

Opened: Mar 26, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K17137

Symptoms

When accessing HTTPS websites (via SWG) that present a certificate without a CN in the subject, a TMM crash occurs.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

SWG explicit or transparent proxy using Category Lookup in the per-request access policy with Subject.CN as input. The crash only happens when accessing a site that has no CN in the Certificate's subject - this is not a common condition.

Workaround

Use Category lookup with SNI as input.

Fix Information

When Category Lookup is configured to use Subject.CN as input, if the certificate subject does not contain a CN, APM processes the error correctly by logging an error.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips