STIGUI
V-234167CAT II — Medium severitySV-234167r961362_rule

The FortiGate device must audit the execution of privileged functions.

Rule version FGFW-ND-000040 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-24

Discussion

Misuse of privileged functions, either intentionally or unintentionally by authorized users, or by unauthorized external entities that have compromised information system accounts, is a serious and ongoing concern and can have significant adverse impacts on organizations. Auditing the use of privileged functions is one way to detect such misuse and identify the risk from insider threats and the advanced persistent threat.

Check

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 command: # show full-configuration log eventfilter | grep -i 'event\|system'

The output should be: set event enable set system enable

If the event and system parameters are set to disable, this is a finding.

Fix

This fix can be performed on the FortiGate GUI or on the CLI. 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 command:

     # config log eventfilter
     #    set event enable
     #    set system enable
     # end

Identifiers

Group ID
V-234167
Group title
SRG-APP-000343-NDM-000289
Rule ID
SV-234167r961362_rule
Check ID
C-37352r860663_chk
Fix ID
F-37317r611689_fix