Policy field holds a literal address instead of a named object
At a glance
Base severity
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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
A literal typed into a rule field cannot be found by searching for an object name, does not appear in any reference report, and has to be changed in every rule separately when the address moves. This is a governance and maintainability issue, not a broken reference.
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.
- Create a named address object for the value, or reuse one that already exists.
- Repoint the rule at the object.
Command line
PAN-OS CLI, standalone firewall, vsys1
set vsys vsys1 address <new-object-name> ip-netmask <literal-value>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 <new-object-name>Values to fill in2
- <new-object-name>
- A name for the new object
- <literal-value>
- The address currently written into the rule
Before you type it2
- Create the object first, then point the rule at it, then check the rule still matches what you meant.
- Point the rule at the new object yourself. A rule is edited on a different path from an object, so it is not written here.
How to confirm the fix
- Confirm the object resolves to the same value the literal held before committing.
Limits
- A one-off literal in a temporary rule is a reasonable trade, and this is a proposal rather than a defect.
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-037One object name is defined at more than one scope
- 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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