Palo Alto Networks
TMA-PALOALTO-3.3
Ensure 'Passive Link State' and 'Preemptive' are configured appropriately
Description
Set the Passive Link State to auto, and uncheck the Preemptive option to disable it. PASS requires passive-link-state auto; also confirm election-option preemptive is not set to yes. 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 (?:template \S+ config )?deviceconfig high-availability group (?:\d+ )?mode active-passive passive-link-state auto[ \t]*$
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
configure set deviceconfig high-availability group mode active-passive passive-link-state auto set deviceconfig high-availability group election-option preemptive no commit # CIS guidance: To set Active/Passive Settings correctly: Navigate to Device > High Availability > General > Active/Passive Settings. Set Passive Link State to auto. To set Election Settings correctly: Navigate to Device > High Availability > Election Settings. Set Preemptive to be disabled.
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- paloaltohardening
- Reference
- CIS Palo Alto Firewall 11 Benchmark v1.2.0 - 3.3 Ensure 'Passive Link State' and 'Preemptive' are configured appropriately
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
tmaegis scan --target paloalto