STIGUI
V-266265CAT II — Medium severitySV-266265r1024583_rule

The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to filter outbound traffic on all internal interfaces.

Rule version F5BI-FW-300030 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-03

Discussion

If outbound communications traffic is not filtered, hostile activity intended to harm other networks or packets from networks destined to unauthorized networks may not be detected and prevented.

Access control policies and access control lists implemented on devices, such as firewalls, that control the flow of network traffic ensure the flow of traffic is only allowed from authorized sources to authorized destinations. Networks with different levels of trust (e.g., the internet) must be kept separated.

This requirement addresses the binding of the egress filter to the interface/zone rather than the content of the egress filter.

Check

From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. Security. 2. Network Firewall. 3. Policies. 4. <Policy Name>

If configured rules in the policy do not filter outbound traffic on all internal interface, this is a finding.

Fix

From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. Security. 2. Network Firewall. 3. Policies. 4. <Policy Name> 5. Configure rules to using packet headers and packet attributes, including source and destination IP addresses and ports to filter outbound traffic on all internal interfaces.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-266265
Group title
SRG-NET-000364-FW-000032
Rule ID
SV-266265r1024583_rule
Check ID
C-70189r1024338_chk
Fix ID
F-70092r1024339_fix