STIGQter: STIG Summary: Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 4 Benchmark Date: 05 Jan 2026:

The FortiGate firewall must use organization-defined filtering rules that apply to the monitoring of remote access traffic for the traffic from the VPN access points.

DISA Rule

SV-234134r611402_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-234134

Group Title

SRG-NET-000061-FW-000001

Rule Version

FNFG-FW-000015

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000067 - Employ automated mechanisms to monitor remote access methods.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

This fix can be performed on the FortiGate GUI or on the CLI.
Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super- or Firewall Policy-Admin privilege.

1. Click Policy and Objects.
2. Click IPv4 or IPv6 Policy.
3. Click +Create New to configure new ingress and egress SSL-VPN- or IPSec-VPN-related policies that meet the organization-defined filtering rules.
4. Configure Logging Options to log All Sessions (for most verbose logging).
5. Confirm each created Policy is Enabled.
6. Click OK.

or

1. Open a CLI console, via SSH or available from the GUI.
2. Run the following command:
# config firewall policy
# edit 0
# set srcintf {vpn_interface}
# set dstintf {interface_1}
# set srcaddr {address_a}
# set dstaddr {address_b}
# set schedule {always}
# set service {services required by site policy}
# set action {accept}
# set logtraffic enable
# next
# end
3. Create opposite (ingress or egress) policy as required.

The {} indicate the object is defined by the organization policy.

Check Contents

If FortiGate is not configured to support VPN access, this requirement is Not Applicable.

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

1. Click Policy and Objects.
2. Click IPv4 or IPv6 Policy.
3. Verify all VPN-related policies are configured with organization-defined filtering rules.
4. For each VPN-related policy, verify the logging option is configured to log All Sessions (for most verbose logging).

If there are no VPN policies configured with organization-defined filtering rules, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-234134

Documentable

False

Rule Version

FNFG-FW-000015

Severity Override Guidance

If FortiGate is not configured to support VPN access, this requirement is Not Applicable.

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

1. Click Policy and Objects.
2. Click IPv4 or IPv6 Policy.
3. Verify all VPN-related policies are configured with organization-defined filtering rules.
4. For each VPN-related policy, verify the logging option is configured to log All Sessions (for most verbose logging).

If there are no VPN policies configured with organization-defined filtering rules, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5258