Last Modified: Jul 18, 2026
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM, SWG
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, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 hf1, 12.0.0 hf2, 12.0.0 hf3, 12.0.0 hf4
Fixed In:
12.1.0
Opened: Jul 03, 2015 Severity: 3-Major
When using the CATEGORY::lookup command in an iRule to retrieve a classification for a URL, only categories matched in the URL database are returned.
Administrators can not use CATEGORY::lookup to retrieve a classification from a custom category if the URL is assigned to one.
URL Filtering or SWG Subscription is licensed and Secure Web Gateway module is provisioned (along with APM).
N/A
When using the CATEGORY::lookup command in an iRule to retrieve a classification for a URL, only categories matched in the URL database are returned. Starting in version 12.1, there are new flags available to be used as follows: CATEGORY::lookup - returns the same results as previous versions (list of all Websense categories, but no custom categories) CATEGORY::lookup request_default_and_custom - returns a list of all Websense categories as well as all custom categories CATEGORY::lookup request_default - returns a list of all Websense categories CATEGORY::lookup custom - returns a list of all custom categories