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V-234209

CAT II (Medium)

The FortiGate device must not have any default manufacturer passwords when deployed.

Rule ID

SV-234209r984088_rule

STIG

Fortinet FortiGate Firewall NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R5

CCIs

CCI-002041

Discussion

Network devices not protected with strong password schemes provide the opportunity for anyone to crack the password and gain access to the device, which can result in loss of availability, confidentiality, or integrity of network traffic. Many default vendor passwords are well known or are easily guessed; therefore, not removing them prior to deploying the network device into production provides an opportunity for a malicious user to gain unauthorized access to the device.

Check Content

Attempt to log in to the FortiGate GUI using the username admin with the default (blank) password.

Attempt to log in to the CLI over SSH with the username admin with the default (blank) password.

If either of these logins are successful, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege.

1. Open a CLI console, via SSH or available from the GUI.
2. Run the following commands:
     # config system admin
     # edit admin
     # set password {password}
     # end