Gaia allows palindrome passwords
At a glance
Base severity
Area
Platform
Evidence level
Benchmark reference
Reads the export, not the device
ConfigProof reads a configuration export. This control is evaluated against the objects in that file, and it reports what the file says. It does not connect to the device and sees no traffic, so a finding here describes the configuration, not what the firewall is doing right now.
Why it matters
Palindromes are a common pattern in password lists and shorten the effective length of a password.
How to fix it
Web interface
The steps below are written for the web interface. A finding raised on your own export carries the same steps with your object names filled in.
- In the Gaia Portal, open User Management > Password Policy and select Disallow Palindromes.
- Run save config in clish, or the change is lost at the next reboot.
Command line
Check Point mgmt_cli and Gaia clish
set password-controls palindrome-check truesave config
An example. Values in angle brackets are yours to supply; a finding on your own export fills in the names it read. Nothing here installs a policy. Publish, review, then install the policy on your gateways yourself; Gaia changes need save config.
Read it back
show password-controls allBefore you type it2
- Written from the Check Point Management API reference and Gaia clish syntax, not yet run on a device. Read each line before typing it.
- Type in clish on each Gaia gateway or cluster member.
How to confirm the fix
- Confirm a palindrome password is refused.
Limits
- No limitation is recorded for this control beyond the one that applies to all of them: it reads a configuration export.
Compliance references
CIS Check Point Firewall Benchmark v1.1.0
Covers the whole recommendation
Where a control aligns with a recommendation of the CIS Check Point Firewall Benchmark v1.1.0, that recommendation is cited as a reference. Only that version was checked. A reference is not a certification.
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- CKP-MGT-023Gaia password reuse check off or shorter than 12
- CKP-MGT-024Gaia passwords do not expire within 90 days
- CKP-MGT-025Gaia warns fewer than 7 days before a password expires
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