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

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-234209FGFW-ND-000250SV-234209r984088_ruleCCI-002041medium
Description
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.
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.

IAC-10Authenticator Management
0.50
IAC-10.1Password-Based Authentication
0.50
IAC-10.4Automated Support For Password Strength
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (19) 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-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
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-7Unsuccessful Logon Attempts
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-3(2)Centralized Management of Planned Audit Record Content
1.00
IA-2(1)Multi-factor Authentication to Privileged Accounts
1.00

+9 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (4) 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.

3.5.10
1.00
3.5.7
1.00
3.5.8
1.00
3.5.9
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-002041
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-234209r984088_chk)

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 (F-37359r611815_fix)

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