WildFire updates are not installed in real time
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
WildFire signatures cover malware first seen minutes earlier anywhere in the WildFire network. Every minute between publication and installation is a window in which that file passes as unknown.
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.
- Set the WildFire schedule to real-time.
Command line
PAN-OS CLI
set deviceconfig system update-schedule wildfire recurring real-timeAn 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 deviceconfig system update-schedule wildfireHow to confirm the fix
- Reopen the schedule under Device, Dynamic Updates, and confirm real-time is selected.
Limits
- On a Panorama each template stack is judged on its own, through its members in order; a stack that reaches no schedule, or holds a member this file lacks, is recorded rather than passed. A stack's own settings are not read for update schedules.
Compliance references
CIS Palo Alto Firewall 11 Benchmark v1.2.0
Covers the whole recommendation
Where a control aligns with a recommendation of the CIS Palo Alto Firewall 11 Benchmark v1.2.0, that recommendation is cited as a reference. Only that version was checked. A reference is not a certification.
More in System and Metadata
- PAN-SEC-031NTP server missing
- PAN-SEC-033Login banner missing
- PAN-SEC-101Antivirus updates are not installed hourly
- PAN-SEC-102Applications and threats updates are not installed daily
- PAN-SEC-130Update server identity is not verified
- PAN-SEC-160The device is configured with a single DNS server
- PAN-SW-001Software version is out of vendor support
- ISE-MGT-009Administration node runs an older patch than one installed
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