| Version | Change log |
| ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 12.8 Build 6 Jan 9, 2026 |
New Features & Enhancements: Firewall Analyzer has been optimized to fetch configurations from multiple devices in parallel via API or CLI and to improve the performance of 'Risk Report' generation from the Web UI. SupportID: 11339464 – Firewall Analyzer* now supports extended-style configuration files for MGuard firewalls in both the _Rule-Management_ and _Compliance_ reports, in addition to plain-style configuration files. Push notifications have been enabled in the mobile application for Firewall Analyzer. The mobile application now includes options for Business Hours filtering and Exclude Weekends for configuration. SupportID: 11226174 – Rule-Expiry scheduled reports now support Excel and CSV export formats in addition to PDF. SupportID: 11226174 – A new option to view rules expiring within ‘N’ days has been added to the Rule-Expiry reports section. SupportID: 11226174 – Complete details of expired rule configurations are now included in the email notification content. SupportID: 11519591 – Policy fine-tuning reports can now be generated for multiple rules simultaneously, with on-demand export options available in CSV, XLS, and PDF formats. Issues Fixed: SupportID: 11412252 – Change management notifications were not sent for API-based VDOM devices. This issue has now been fixed. SupportID: 11471109 – The Rule Reorder report displayed the “To” position as zero for Check Point firewalls. This issue has now been fixed. SupportID: 11416892 – The Cisco ASA Unused ACE report displayed incorrect data. This issue has now been fixed. SupportID: 11355127 – Palo Alto default deny rules were not handled in device rule parsing. This issue has now been fixed. SupportID: 12128235 – The Rule Administration access provision option for the Administrator role was not visible on the scope page. This issue has now been fixed. SupportID: 11594202 – The Security Audit report downloaded from the Device Rule page appeared empty when the device was added man |
| ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 12.8 Build 6 Nov 10, 2025 |
Issues Fixed: SupportID: 12128235 – Rule Administration access provision option for Administrator role is not shown in the scope page. This issue has been resolved now. |
| ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 12.8 Build 1 Oct 28, 2024 |
Issues Fixed: General: Previously, in versions 128399 and later, there was an issue while restoring backup data. This issue has now been fixed. |
| ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 12.8 Build 1 Oct 17, 2024 |
New features and Enhancements: SupportIDs : 9813975, 9865372, 9258121, 10316973 : Rule Exclude support for all Rule Management reports has now been introduced. Issues Fixed: SupportIDs : 10374606 - Disabled rules in firewalls were incorrectly included in the Risky Rules report in Firewall Analyzer. This issue has now been resolved. SupportIDs : 10412280 - Security Audit report displayed a blank page when the device display name was modified. This issue has now been resolved. SupportIDs : 10064013 - Fortigate Anomaly fix: ICMP services in rules were previously excluded from anomaly report generation. This issue has now been resolved. SupportIDs : 10294664 - Previously, there were issues in handling of preemptive action inputs during CLI connections for SonicWall firewalls. This has been fixed now. SupportIDs : 10324242 - Device rule commands were not properly executed due to issues with pager commands. This has now been fixed. SupportIDs : 10013330 - Tunnel interfaces in Fortigate firewalls can now be utilized in rule definitions under Rule Administration. SupportIDs : 10462252 - Rule failures on Cisco Meraki devices occurred when multiple organizations were managed under a single authentication token. This issue has now been resolved. SupportIDs : 10013330 - Using the Fortigate interface alias name in rule definitions caused an error in Rule Administration. This issue has been fixed, and the actual interface name is now used in rule definitions. SupportIDs : 9883807 - Fortigate VDOM - Rule Administration CLI fix: CLI connections for VDOMs are now established using root credentials. SupportIDs : 9585304 - Device rule API actions failed because of the API token size limit. This issue has been resolved. |
| ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 12.8 Build 1 Sep 2, 2024 |
New features and Enhancements: Now, Firewall Analyzer supports 'Risky Rules' report for all supported firewall devices. SupportIDs : 9641762 : A new consolidated 'Rule Management Executive Summary' report is available for devices and device-groups. SupportIDs : 9750248 - Schedule support for Rule Expiry, Risk and NAT rules report for device-groups is now available. SupportIDs : 10115740 - Rule Expiry support for Cisco, Firepower and SRX devices has now been introduced. SupportIDs : 9799567, 7587170, 10009948 - You can now generate Rule change history report for all firewalls. SupportIDs : 9789895, 5808266 - Customers can now monitor specific rule changes with new alert options. SupportIDs : 9789895, 8669414 - Support for rule-based change management notifications alongside existing version-based change management notifications. SupportIDs : 6380438 - Firewall Analyzer will now trigger an additional alert with the subject 'Syslog Monitoring Alert: Firewall Availability Back to Normal' if the customer has configured 'Availability Alerts' and all firewalls have resumed receiving syslogs. SupportIDs : 9735534 - If the syslog contains 'Source Hostname' information, it will be displayed in the reports by default. However, if the customer prefers to view the reports using 'Source IP,' a hidden option is available to switch to 'Source IP.' This feature allows you to view reports with either 'Source Hostname' or 'Source IP' for future syslog data. Issues Fixed: SupportIDs : 10195524 - The SonicWall rule change count was not functioning correctly in the change management report. This issue has now been resolved. SupportIDs : 9931186 - Custom-created object entries have been removed from the security audit report. SupportIDs : 9931186 - The issue with data inaccuracies in HTTP enabled/disabled details in the security audit report for Clavister devices has been resolved. SupportIDs : 9931186 - The issue with inaccuracies in logging status data for Firepower security rules has b |
| ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 12.8 Build 1 Jul 30, 2024 |
Issues Fixed: The Syslog parsing issue for the F5 Firewall device has now been resolved. The Syslog parsing issue for the Squid proxy device has been resolved. Syslogs with subtype="anomaly" should be considered as "Attack events." This issue has now been addressed. A duplicate device was added for the Fortigate Firewall in the HA and VDOM case. This issue has now been resolved. An error occurred while running the registerWithAdminServer.bat script. This issue has now been fixed. The Firepower device was added with a ":" due to a Syslog parsing issue. This has now been fixed. |
