Basic password policy Expression no longer working after Siteminder upgrade

Products

• SITEMINDER

Issue/Introduction

Basic password policy setup with regular expression for password composition example ^[a-9!@#$&?:;.(){}\[_\]]*$  No longer working after upgrading to 12.8 SP8 CR01

Environment

12.8 SP8 CR01 

Resolution

When using basic password Policy expression for password composition, you must set the registry key "UsePCREPasswordChecks" as indicated in the guide below for the expression to be evaluated upon user change password flow.

With the upgrade, the key must have been removed from the registry hence the issue.

If you are using Expression in basic password policy, please ensure that the key is set as indicated in the guide after the upgrade.

Reference guide --> https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/identity-security/siteminder/12-8/configuring/policy-server-configuration/password-services-and-policies/how-to-configure-password-policies.html