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FMG-MGT-006MediumFortiGate

FortiGate runs a newer FortiOS than its ADOM

At a glance

Base severity

Medium

Area

System and Metadata

Platform

FortiGate

Evidence level

Fact1.00

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

An ADOM manages the settings of its own FortiOS version: settings a newer release added cannot be managed from it, and installs may fail or leave them as they are.

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.

  1. In FortiManager: upgrade the ADOM to the FortiGates' FortiOS version (System Settings > All ADOMs > the ADOM > Upgrade), after checking every device in it runs that version or later.

Command line

This analyzer version writes no command text for this control. The steps above are the remediation it offers.

How to confirm the fix

  • diagnose dvm adom list shows the ADOM's version; it matches the managed FortiGates' FortiOS train.

Limits

  • No limitation is recorded for this control beyond the one that applies to all of them: it reads a configuration export.

Compliance references

No benchmark recommendation is mapped to this control in this version.

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