[BUG] Cannot block "good" User-Agent in blacklist-user-agents.conf

[MyLifeOrganized]

I want to block an User-Agent which is listed as "good" in globalblacklist.conf

However when I add it to blacklist-user-agents.conf it is not blocked.
Steps to reproduce:

1. add this line to blacklist-user-agents.conf:

BrowserMatchNoCase "\bApplebot\b" bad_bot

(Applebot is a "good bot" in globalblacklist.conf)

2. Restart apache

3. Try:

curl -A "Applebot" https://yoursite.net

Expected: 
403 Forbidden

Actually:
The HTML page is returned normally

I am using version Apache_2.4

I also tried this syntax and it did not work as well
BrowserMatchNoCase "(?:\b)Applebot(?:\b)" bad_bot

If I block other User-Agents not white-listed in globalblacklist.conf it works as expected and blocked

Your documentation in blacklist-user-agents.conf says:

# Please note this include file loads first before any of the already whitelisted User-Agents
# in the bad bot blocker. By loading first in line it over-rides anything below it so for instance
# if you want to block Baidu, Google or Bing for any reason you add them to this file which loads
# first and takes precedence over anything below it. This now allows even finer control over the 
# bad bot blocker. Enjoy !!!

I see that actually blacklist-user-agents.conf is included after, not before white listing in globalblacklist.conf
I've also tried to change globalblacklist.conf  and include blacklist-user-agents.conf first and it still does not work.

How do I block an User-Agent white-listed in globalblacklist.conf?

Server :

• OS: Ubuntu
• Apache Version
  Server version: Apache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu)
  Server built: 2024-04-10T17:45:18

[kasutajaimin]

Can confirm same behaviour on Apache 2.4.6 @ CentOS 7.9

[FlowLaGit]

It seems that the variable "good_bot," which was set using "BrowserMatchNoCase," cannot simply be overwritten again with "BrowserMatchNoCase."

I was able to solve this by removing the "good_bot" variable with
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "\b$BOTNAME\b" !good_bot
and then resetting it with
BrowserMatchNoCase "\b$BOTNAME\b" bad_bot.

Here is an example from my blacklist-user-agents.conf with the YandexBot:

    # Removing the "good_bot" flag and setting the "bad_bot" flag.
    # -----------------------------
    SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "\bYandexBot\b" !good_bot
    BrowserMatchNoCase "\bYandexBot\b" bad_bot
    # -----------------------------