Cannot edit scan config - backend returns error

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Hi there!
I’m fairly new to OpenVas - so forgive me if this is stupid PEBKAC kind of problem :slight_smile:

I am running a clean install using the most recent docker compose as shown at Greenbone Community Containers - Greenbone Community Documentation

After waiting for the feeds to be updated, I was trying to configure my own scan config but ran into an issue.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. go to Configuration | Scan Configs
  2. clone “Full and Fast” ( I still can’t get over your choice for the clone icon, btw :smiley: )
  3. click the edit symbol on the clone –> the “Edit Scan Config ” dialog appears
  4. in the list of the NVT families, click on the edit symbol fro “Brute Force Attacks” (or any other editable family –> the “Edit Scan Config Family ” dialog appears

Expected behavior:

At his point, I would have expected a List of NVTs of the chosen family with some options I can edit.

Observed behavior:

Instead, I get an empty list.
Looking at the network tab of the brower’s F12-Tools, I can see that on opening the family editor, an error is returned:

GET /gmp?token=dfb0168a-4dc5-49fe-a573-f4623ed178be&cmd=edit_config_family_all&family=Brute+force+attacks&config_id=9e70edf6-9307-4baa-bebb-233fabbe6f6e

Returns:
200 OK

<envelope>

  <version>24.14.1</version>
  <vendor_version/>
  <token>dca952b2-f2d5-45e1-bab2-60526f07c417</token>
  <time>Mon Feb 2 11:59:11 2026 CET</time>
  <timezone>Europe/Berlin</timezone>
  <login>admin</login>
  <session>1770030832</session>
  <role>Admin</role>
  <i18n>en</i18n>
  <client_address>192.168.127.1</client_address>
  <backend_operation>0.00</backend_operation>
  <get_config_family_response>
  <get_nvts_response status="400" status_text="Invalid sort field"/>
  </get_config_family_response>

</envelope>

Any ideas what’s going wrong here?

I have noticed that - unlike this one - other backend queries contain query strings like “filter=sort Name …”. Maybe this is missing here and the backend dosen’t handle the omission gracefully?

Thank in advance for your time!
Markus

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This is causes by an issue with gsad. See

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