Ensure 'Minimum Lowercase Letters' is greater than or equal to 1

MediumLevel 1Automatedpaloalto

Description

This checks all new passwords to ensure that they contain at least one English lowercase character (a through z). PASS requires minimum-lowercase-letters of 1 or more. Audited against the PAN-OS running configuration in set format: run 'set cli config-output-format set', then 'configure' and 'show' (or 'show config running') and save the full output.

How it is checked

Audit method: Configuration pattern

Pattern: (?m)^set mgt-config password-complexity minimum-lowercase-letters [1-9]\d*[ \t]*$

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

configure set mgt-config password-complexity minimum-lowercase-letters 1 commit # CIS guidance: Navigate to Device > Setup > Management > Minimum Password Complexity Set Minimum Lowercase Letters to greater than or equal to 1

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: paloaltohardening
Reference: CIS Palo Alto Firewall 11 Benchmark v1.2.0 - 1.3.4 Ensure 'Minimum Lowercase Letters' is greater than or equal to 1

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target paloalto