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Medium NetworkFirewall · regional

The default stateless action for Network Firewall policies should be drop or forward for full packets

Confirms that the default stateless action for full packets in Network Firewall policies is drop or forward, not pass.

service
NetworkFirewall
severity
Medium
scope
evaluated in every region

How to fix it

Set the default stateless action for full packets to 'aws:drop' or 'aws:forward_to_sfe'.

  1. Navigate to the VPC console
  2. Select the Network Firewall policy
  3. Modify the 'Default stateless actions' for full packets
  4. Set to 'aws:drop' or 'aws:forward_to_sfe'
  5. Apply the changes

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