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F5 - Defect ID: 591305

Audit log messages with "user unknown" appear on install or reboot

F5 - Defect ID: 591305

Audit log messages with "user unknown" appear on install or reboot

Last updated on July 28th, 2026

BugZero Risk Score
6.0 Medium

Overall: 6.0

Severity: 6.4

Community: 4.2

Lifecycle: 8.3

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Bug Details

Priority: 4-Minor
Status: Verified
Impact Category: TMOS

Description

Symptoms

Multiple log entries in /var/log/audit similar to May 4 11:37:35 localhost notice mcpd[5488]: 01070417:5: AUDIT - client Unknown, user Unknown - transaction #33-1 - object 0 - create_if { db_variable { db_variable_name "version.edition" db_variable_value "<none>" db_variable_sync_type "private_internal" db_variable_data_type "string" db_variable_display_name "Version.Edition" } } [Status=Command OK]

Impact

This is the result of a daemon on the system not properly identifying itself to mcpd. The log messages can be safely ignored.

Conditions

This happens on initial install or reboot, it is not yet known what triggers it.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Change history

Links

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Affected versions:12.1.0, 12.1.0 hf1, 12.1.0 hf2, 12.1.1, 12.1.1 hf1, 12.1.1 hf2, 12.1.2, 12.1.2 hf1, 12.1.2 hf2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6, 17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4, 17.1.2, 17.1.2.1, 17.1.2.2, 17.1.3, 17.1.3.1, 17.1.3.2, 17.1.3.4

Fixed versions: No known fixed versions

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Fixed versions: No known fixed versions

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F5 - Defect ID: 591305

Audit log messages with "user unknown" appear on install or reboot

F5 - Defect ID: 591305

Audit log messages with "user unknown" appear on install or reboot

Last updated on July 28th, 2026

BugZero Risk Score6.0 Medium

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F5 - Defect ID: 591305

Audit log messages with "user unknown" appear on install or reboot

F5 - Defect ID: 591305

Audit log messages with "user unknown" appear on install or reboot

Last updated on July 28th, 2026

BugZero Risk Score6.0 Medium

Bug Details

Symptoms

Impact

Conditions

Workaround

Fix Information

Links

Top F5 Defects

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BugZero Risk Score
6.0 Medium

BugZero Risk Score
6.0 Medium