Palo Alto Networks
TMA-PALOALTO-1.3.5
Ensure 'Minimum Numeric Letters' is greater than or equal to 1
MediumLevel 1Automatedpaloalto
Description
This checks all new passwords to ensure that they contain at least one base 10 digit (0 through 9). PASS requires minimum-numeric-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-numeric-letters [1-9]\d*[ \t]*$
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
configure set mgt-config password-complexity minimum-numeric-letters 1 commit # CIS guidance: Navigate to Device > Setup > Management > Minimum Password Complexity Set Minimum Numeric Letters to greater than or equal to 1
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- paloaltohardening
- Reference
- CIS Palo Alto Firewall 11 Benchmark v1.2.0 - 1.3.5 Ensure 'Minimum Numeric 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