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The FortiGate device must prohibit installation of software without explicit privileged status.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-234188FGFW-ND-000145SV-234188r984110_ruleCCI-001812medium
Description
Allowing anyone to install software, without explicit privileges, creates the risk that untested or potentially malicious software will be installed on the system. This requirement applies to code changes and upgrades for all network devices.
STIGDate
Fortinet FortiGate Firewall NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-11-19

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (3) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CFG-05User-Installed Software
0.50
CFG-05.2Restrict Roles Permitted To Install Software
0.50
END-03Prohibit Installation Without Privileged Status
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (36) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(4)Discretionary Access Control
1.00
AC-3(7)Role-based Access Control
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00

+26 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001812
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 4 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

PR.PS-05
0.50

Details

Check Text (C-234188r984110_chk)

Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege. 1. Click System. 2. Click Administrators. 3. Identify the administrator that is not authorized to access System Settings and hover over the profile assigned to the role. 4. Click Edit. 5. Verify that the permission to System is set to Read or None. If any unauthorized administrator has Read/Write access to System, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-37338r850524_fix)

To limit the System access to existing low-privileged administrators, log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege. 1. Click System. 2. Click Administrators. 3. Identify the admin role that has unauthorized access to System settings. 4. Select the admin role and hover over the profile assigned to the role. 5. Click Edit. 6. On System access permission, click None or Read only. 7. Click OK to save. Repeat this process to define all the Administrators needed to meet privilege separation requirements for the organization.