One automatically generated password that is set in an environment variable in a container accidentally contained the sequence %18.
This resulted in the following appcmd command:
C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config -section:system.applicationHost/applicationPools /+"[name='DefaultAppPool'].environmentVariables.[name='MY_ENV_VAR',value='%18']" /commit:apphost
The result of which is:
ERROR ( hresult:c00cee2b, message:Failed to commit configuration changes.
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When using %64 it "works", resulting in a value of 'd' in the configuration, it seems clear that %## is interpreted as an ascii hex code. When using %25, I get a percent-sign in the value, as "expected".
I think a % value should be escaped (as %25 perhaps, maybe there's another escape sequence available?) while passing it to appcmd.
Note: Error code 0xc00cee2b is "WC_E_XMLCHARACTER".
One automatically generated password that is set in an environment variable in a container accidentally contained the sequence %18.
This resulted in the following appcmd command:
The result of which is:
When using %64 it "works", resulting in a value of 'd' in the configuration, it seems clear that %## is interpreted as an ascii hex code. When using %25, I get a percent-sign in the value, as "expected".
I think a % value should be escaped (as %25 perhaps, maybe there's another escape sequence available?) while passing it to appcmd.
Note: Error code 0xc00cee2b is "WC_E_XMLCHARACTER".