Palo Alto Networks
TMA-PALOALTO-2.2
Ensure that WMI probing is disabled
MediumLevel 2Automatedpaloalto
Description
Disable WMI probing if it is not required for User-ID functionality in the environment. FAILs if User-ID WMI probing (enable-probing yes) is configured anywhere. 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 [^\n]*\benable-probing yes[ \t]*$
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
configure set user-id-collector setting enable-probing no commit # CIS guidance: Navigate to Device > User Identification > User Mapping > Palo Alto Networks User ID Agent Setup. Set Enable Probing so it is unchecked.
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- paloaltohardening
- Reference
- CIS Palo Alto Firewall 11 Benchmark v1.2.0 - 2.2 Ensure that WMI probing is disabled
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
shell
tmaegis scan --target paloalto --level 2