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3690248 - Password reset for external candidates accepts passwords longer than 255 characters - Recruiting Management

Symptom

When resetting passwords for external candidates, passwords longer than 255 characters are accepted.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management 

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to the external career site.
  2. Create a new account.
  3. Receive the email notification for password reset.
  4. Enter a password exceeding 256 characters during the password reset process.
  5. Observe that the password is accepted.

Cause

The Career Site UI has a limitation where the password field truncates input to 99 characters. 

Resolution

Engineer has confirmed that the Career Site UI supports a maximum of 99 characters for password input. Please use less than 99 characters for candidate profile passwords settings.

See Also

Keywords

RCM, password reset, external candidates, password truncation, Career Site UI, password policy, maximum password length, external password management, password validation, UI limitation, 255, characters , KBA , LOD-SF-RCM-CAN , General Candidate Issues (not Offers, not Profiles) , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting all versions