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V-234219

CAT II (Medium)

The FortiGate device must limit the number of logon and user sessions.

Rule ID

SV-234219r960735_rule

STIG

Fortinet FortiGate Firewall NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R5

CCIs

CCI-000054

Discussion

Device management includes the ability to control the number of administrators and management sessions that manage a device. Limiting the number of allowed administrators and sessions per administrator based on account type, role, or access type is helpful in limiting risks related to DoS attacks. This requirement addresses concurrent sessions for administrative accounts and does not address concurrent sessions by a single administrator via multiple administrative accounts. The maximum number of concurrent sessions should be defined based upon mission needs and the operational environment for each system. At a minimum, limits must be set for SSH, HTTPS, account of last resort, and root account sessions.

Check Content

Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege and open a CLI console available from the GUI.
or
Connect via SSH.

Run the following command:
show full-configuration sys global | grep -i admin

Check the output of the following lines:
set admin-concurrent disable
set admin-login-max <number as defined by the organization>     

If set admin-concurrent is not set to disable, this is a finding.
If set admin-login-max is not set to a number defined by the organization, this is a finding. The default setting is 100.

Fix Text

Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege and open a CLI console available from the GUI.
or
Connect via SSH.

Execute the following commands:
config system global
set admin-concurrent disable
set admin-login-max <number defined by the organization>    
end

With the implementation of this requirement, the organization can limit each administrator to one active session and limit the total number of concurrent administrator sessions to a value deemed appropriate.