Sensitive service published to any address
At a glance
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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
Remote administration and database services exposed to the whole internet are scanned and attacked continuously; one weak or leaked credential, or one vulnerability, gives an attacker the internal host.
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 Meraki Dashboard: Security & SD-WAN > Firewall > Forwarding rules: set Allowed remote IPs to the specific addresses that need access, or remove the rule and use the client VPN.
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
- In the Meraki Dashboard: Security & SD-WAN > Firewall shows the rule limited to specific remote IPs, or gone.
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.
See it on your own firewall
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