One object name is defined at more than one scope
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
The same name resolves to different values depending on where a rule sits. A reviewer reading a rule in one device group sees a name whose meaning is set somewhere they are not looking, so a change intended for one environment can land in another.
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.
- Decide which scope owns the definition and remove the others.
- Where both definitions are needed, rename one so the difference is visible in every rule.
Command line
PAN-OS CLI, standalone firewall, vsys1
delete vsys vsys1 address <object-name>An example. Values in angle brackets are yours to supply; a finding on your own export fills in the names it read. Nothing here commits. Review the candidate configuration, then commit it yourself.
Read it back
show vsys vsys1 address <object-name>Values to fill in1
- <object-name>
- The object's name, as it appears on your firewall
Before you type it2
- Removing the local definition makes the name resolve to the one above it.
- Move every reference to the name you are keeping before removing the other one.
How to confirm the fix
- Confirm which definition each affected rule resolves to before removing anything.
Limits
- Overriding a shared object inside a device group is a supported Panorama pattern and is sometimes deliberate.
Compliance references
No benchmark recommendation is mapped to this control in this version.
More in Objects
- PAN-SEC-017Address group is dangerously broad
- PAN-SEC-018Allow rule uses an object that resolves to the whole internet
- PAN-SEC-034Configuration references an object that does not exist
- PAN-SEC-035Group has no members
- PAN-SEC-036Group contains itself through a chain of nested groups
- PAN-SEC-038Policy field holds a literal address instead of a named object
- PAN-SEC-039Two address objects overlap under different names
- PAN-SEC-163An external dynamic list is configured without server authentication
See it on your own firewall
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