Regular Expression in Password Policy being ignored. 3 consecutive alpha character password policy

Products

• CA Identity Manager

Issue/Introduction

Password policy to restrict three consecutive digits and three consecutive alpha characters (A-Z):

Password policy being ignored. Sometimes it rejects the password based off the regular expression rule but then sometime it lets a password submit successfully. When using these expression in a regular expression builder to verify the format, they work. 

 

Environment

Release : 14.3

Component : Virtual Appliance

Resolution

3 alpha policy was being ignored. Client corrected expression for 3 alpha together.  Correct expression for 3 consecutive Alpha to not be allowed. 

^(?=.*[a-zA-Z]{3})(?=.*[0-9]).*$