Recent release broke auto-login for Cisco Firepower
A recent release, possibly 1 or 2 before 2025.1.30, broke the pasting of the password into the web login form on a Cisco Firepower (in FDM mode). It worked flawless before.
- Have tested against 3 of these firewalls and RDM now fails to auto-login on all of them.
- The firmware on the firewalls was not changed (I would have been the one to do that and I didn't).
- Have tried from two different notebooks (Windows 10 & 11).
- The names of the fields in the form did not change.
- The "Discover" button correctly identifies the login, password, and button fields.
- It correctly pastes in the username and presses the log in button, but the password field remains empty and the login fails.
- I have tried playing with the autofill delay, but it doesn't change anything.
I have attached the html for the <div> containing the username and password fields.
I log in to these firewalls a lot as some are still being configured and the loss of autologin makes me sad.
login-div-html.txt
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Hello,
Thank you for the follow-up.
A software update has been released this morning containing a possible fix for the issue you encountered.
Can you test the behavoir with the 2025.1.31 version and let me know the outcome?
I look forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Jacob Lafrenière
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Hello,
Thank you for reaching out on this matter.
Do you remember the version number of the autofill that worked with these firewalls?
It will greatly help with finding the issue with the development team.
I look forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Jacob Lafrenière
The first one broken was the version I was running before the version I'm running now -- of course that isn't helpful. Are upgrades recorded in a log file or something?
Hello,
Thank you for the follow-up.
You can see it from the logs; select the application logs under the Help ribbon menu. You should then be able to see if anything was logged and in what version.
You might find the version you were using before!
I look forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Jacob Lafrenière
That log got me started. After trying 6 versions I got:
2025.1.24.0 fails
2024.3.31.0 works
There are no versions between those two available on your Previous Versions web page.
The Windows version is the only one I have tried.
Hello,
Thank you for the follow-up.
An internal case has been opened via the development team, and they will begin working on a fix soon.
I will follow up with you as soon as a fix is deployed in a future update.
Best regards,
Jacob Lafrenière
Great. Thank you.
Knowing you probably don't have a Cisco Firepower (FDM mode, not ASA or FMC) to test with, I offer myself for any testing needs you may have.
Hello,
Thank you for the follow-up.
A software update has been released this morning containing a possible fix for the issue you encountered.
Can you test the behavoir with the 2025.1.31 version and let me know the outcome?
I look forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Jacob Lafrenière
Hello Jacob,
I can confirm that 2025.1.31 fixes the issue. Thank you so very much.
Hello,
Thank you for the follow-up.
I’ll go ahead and mark this topic as resolved.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if the issue arises again.
Best regards,
Jacob Lafrenière