Mar 27, 2026 - For details about updated CVE-2025-53521 (BIG-IP APM vulnerability), refer to K000156741.

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sloehandman
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Jul 21, 2017

Automate local admin password change on LTM's

I wish to automate the process of changing the local admin account on all my LTM's and GTM's. These are guest on a Viprion chassis. I have BigIQ deployed but cannot seem to find the correct config te...
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samstep's avatar
samstep
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Jul 21, 2017

Yes, you can do it with REST API (replace x.x.x.x in below example with management IP of the target BIG-IP):

curl -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -k -u admin:currentAdminPassword https://x.x.x.x/mgmt/tm/auth/user/admin  -d '{"password":"NewPassword123"}'

Hope this helps,

Sam