Werk #10559: Web API: Fix validation of non-ASCII characters in custom attributes

Component

User interface

Title

Web API: Fix validation of non-ASCII characters in custom attributes

Date

Nov 28, 2019

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.0.0i1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0p7	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

When creating or editing a host using the Web API, the custom host attributes are not correctly validated. The GUI prevents the user from inserting non-ASCII characters, but the Web API did not. These unexpected characters could result in issues at different places of Checkmk.

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