Palo Alto Networks
TMA-PALOALTO-1.3.8
Ensure 'New Password Differs By Characters' is greater than or equal to 3
Description
This checks all new passwords to ensure that they differ by at least three characters from the previous password. PASS requires new-password-differs-by-characters of 3 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 new-password-differs-by-characters (?:[3-9]|[1-9]\d+)[ \t]*$
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
configure set mgt-config password-complexity new-password-differs-by-characters 3 commit # CIS guidance: Navigate to Device > Setup > Management > Minimum Password Complexity Set New Password Differs By Characters to 3 or more
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- paloaltoauthentication
- Reference
- CIS Palo Alto Firewall 11 Benchmark v1.2.0 - 1.3.8 Ensure 'New Password Differs By Characters' is greater than or equal to 3
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
tmaegis scan --target paloalto