FortiGate - New Firewall Policy Added
Detects the addition of a new firewall policy on a Fortinet FortiGate Firewall.
Detection logic
selection
action: Add
cfgpath: firewall.policyCondition
selectionRaw YAML
title: FortiGate - New Firewall Policy Added
id: f24ab7a8-f09a-4319-82c1-915586aa642b
status: experimental
description: Detects the addition of a new firewall policy on a Fortinet FortiGate Firewall.
references:
- https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535
- https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.4/fortios-log-message-reference/398/event
- https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.4/cli-reference/333889629/config-firewall-policy
- https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.4/fortios-log-message-reference/44547/44547-logid-event-config-objattr
author: Marco Pedrinazzi (@pedrinazziM) (InTheCyber)
date: 2025-11-01
modified: 2026-05-04
tags:
- attack.defense-impairment
- attack.t1686.002
logsource:
product: fortigate
service: event
detection:
selection:
action: 'Add'
cfgpath: 'firewall.policy'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- A firewall policy can be added for legitimate purposes.
level: mediumFalse positives
- A firewall policy can be added for legitimate purposes.
References
- https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535
- https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.4/fortios-log-message-reference/398/event
- https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.4/cli-reference/333889629/config-firewall-policy
- https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.4/fortios-log-message-reference/44547/44547-logid-event-config-objattr
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