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FTD-SEC-023HighCisco FTD

Site-to-site VPN accepts IKEv1

At a glance

Base severity

High

Area

IPSec VPN

Platform

Cisco FTD

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

IKEv1 is legacy, supports aggressive mode and lacks modern algorithms; NSA recommends IKEv2 only.

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 FMC (or cdFMC): Devices > VPN > Site To Site > edit the topology > IKE Version: clear IKEv1 (agree IKEv2 with the peer first). Save, Deploy.
  2. In FDM: Site-to-Site VPN > edit the connection > IKE Version 1: off, then Deploy.

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

  • On the FTD CLI (read only): show running-config crypto ikev1, and confirm no interface enables it.

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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