Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All
Fixed In:
14.1.0, 14.0.0
Opened: Apr 27, 2017 Severity: 3-Major Related Article:
K10612010
The root and admin account passwords need to comply with the password policy, which is enforced by default in version 14.0.0 and later.
All passwords must comply with the BIG-IP password enforcement policy.
-- Upgrades and new installations of BIG-IP version 14.0.0. -- Logging in.
None.
The root and admin account passwords must now comply with the password policy, which is enforced by default in version 14.0.0 and later.
In versions prior to BIG-IP version 14.0.0, on first-time boot you could log in as root or admin using the default passwords, and the passwords would not be expire, so you could use them indefinitely. Beginning in BIG-IP version 14.0.0, on new installations the root and default passwords are marked as expired - on first-time boot, after logging in with the default password you will be required to change your password before proceeding. Additionally, the password policy is enabled by default so the new passwords must meet the password policy requirements.