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Remove deprecated REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR and REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR_MSG - #3578
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airween merged 4 commits intoJul 2, 2026
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…_MSG * Rename variable generator functions to match the new variable names. * Remove remaining references to the deprecated variables and update tests to use the new ones. Why this change? The REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR and REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR_MSG variables were deprecated, and the new REQBODY_ERROR and REQBODY_ERROR_MSG variables were introduced in: owasp-modsecurity@d0e2546 REQBODY_ERROR always has the same value as REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR because both use the same variable generator function. The same is true for REQBODY_ERROR_MSG and REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR_MSG. In addition, there are no remaining references to the deprecated REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR or REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR_MSG variables in: https://github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset See owasp-modsecurity#3576 for the discussion.
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Pull request overview
This PR removes the deprecated REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR / REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR_MSG variables from the default variable registry and updates bundled configs + regression tests to use the newer REQBODY_ERROR / REQBODY_ERROR_MSG equivalents.
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- Removed registration of deprecated request-body error variables and renamed the associated generator functions to match the non-deprecated variable names.
- Updated regression tests to reference
REQBODY_ERRORinstead ofREQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR. - Updated sample configuration files to log
REQBODY_ERRORin multipart strict-validation messages.
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tests/regression/target/00-targets.t |
Removes TODO entries for deprecated variables. |
tests/regression/misc/00-multipart-parser.t |
Replaces deprecated variable usage in multipart regression rules. |
tests/modsecurity.conf-minimal |
Updates multipart strict-validation log message to use REQBODY_ERROR. |
modsecurity.conf-recommended |
Updates multipart strict-validation log message to use REQBODY_ERROR. |
iis/wix/modsecurity.conf |
Updates multipart strict-validation log message to use REQBODY_ERROR. |
apache2/re_variables.c |
Removes deprecated variable registration and renames generator functions for the new variable names. |
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Hmm... one regression test is failed: |
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I had forgotten to invert the operator. This has been fixed in commit 63798f0. |
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@hnakamur could you update your branch from |
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Merged v2/master in commit c1edef2 |
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Thanks, @hnakamur! |
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The REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR and REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR_MSG variables were deprecated, and the new REQBODY_ERROR and REQBODY_ERROR_MSG variables were introduced in: d0e2546
REQBODY_ERROR always has the same value as REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR because both use the same variable generator function. The same is true for REQBODY_ERROR_MSG and REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR_MSG.
In addition, there are no remaining references to the deprecated REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR or REQBODY_PROCESSOR_ERROR_MSG variables in: https://github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset
See #3576 for the discussion.
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