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The Palo Alto Networks security platform must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-228639PANW-NM-000015SV-228639r1082941_ruleCCI-000044medium
Description
By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced.
STIGDate
Palo Alto Networks NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-03-12

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (6) 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-01.2Authenticate, Authorize and Audit (AAA)
1.00
IAC-02Identification & Authentication for Organizational Users
1.00
IAC-03Identification & Authentication for Non-Organizational Users
1.00
IAC-04Identification & Authentication for Devices
1.00
IAC-05Identification & Authentication for Third-Party Technology Assets, Applications and/or Services (TAAS)
1.00
IAC-22Account Lockout
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (56) 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-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
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-3Access Enforcement
1.00

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NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 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.

3.1.8
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000044
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 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.AA-03
1.00

Who does this work

7 NICE work roles and 5 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-228639r1082941_chk)

Go to Device >> Authentication Profile. Check the authentication profile used for the local account used for the account of last resort. If the "Failed Attempts (#)" field is not set to "3", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-30851r1082940_fix)

Configure the authentication profile associated with the account of last resort with lockout settings of three failed attempts, which is the only local login account. 1. Go to Device >> Authentication Profile. 2. Select the configured authentication profile or select "Add" (in the bottom-left corner of the pane) to create a new one. 3. In the "Authentication Profile" field, enter the name of the authentication profile that will be used to control each person's authentication process. 4. The "Lockout Time (min)" field is the lockout duration; this must be set to "15". 5. In the "Failed Attempts" field, enter "3". 6. Select "OK".