Password profile expires passwords later than 90 days, or never
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
An administrator bound to the profile is held to its expiration period instead of the global one.
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 profile's required password change period to 90 days or less, or remove the profile and let the global rules apply.
Command line
PAN-OS CLI
set mgt-config password-profile <object-name> password-change expiration-period 90An 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 mgt-config password-profile <object-name>Values to fill in1
- <object-name>
- The object's name, as it appears on your firewall
How to confirm the fix
- Confirm which administrators name the profile before changing it.
Limits
- A profile whose expiration period is not written is recorded as not written: the CIS benchmark states no value for it.
- On a Panorama each template stack is judged as its firewalls receive it: its own settings first, then its members in order. A stack holding a template this file lacks is recorded rather than passed.
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 Administrators and Access
- PAN-SEC-123Passwords need no special character
- PAN-SEC-124Passwords do not expire within 90 days
- PAN-SEC-125A new password may differ from the old by fewer than 3 characters
- PAN-SEC-126Fewer than 24 previous passwords are blocked from reuse
- PAN-SEC-128Administrative idle timeout is longer than 10 minutes
- ISE-MGT-001TACACS+ command set permits every command
- ISE-MGT-002TACACS+ command set permits every command it does not list
- ISE-MGT-003Privilege 15 shell profile on a broad rule
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