DISA VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Secure Token Service STS STIG v2r2

Audit Details

Name: DISA VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Secure Token Service STS STIG v2r2

Updated: 9/2/2026

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Unix

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 34

File Details

Filename: DISA_STIG_VMware_vSphere_8.0_vCenter_Appliance_Secure_Token_Service_STS_v2r2.audit

Size: 89.7 kB

MD5: e7bee7e249ca1c1d3f3518024059976b
SHA256: 008cf3032f81ad087a6a8611ee7a11086103f4a8f557f263dab5a996a4c7473d

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
DISA_STIG_VMware_vSphere_8.0_vCenter_Appliance_Secure_Token_Service_STS_v2r2.audit from DISA VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Secure Token Service STS STIG v2r2
VCST-80-000001 - The vCenter STS service must limit the number of maximum concurrent connections permitted.

ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

VCST-80-000005 - The vCenter STS service cookies must have secure flag set.

ACCESS CONTROL

VCST-80-000013 - The vCenter STS service must initiate session logging upon startup.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

VCST-80-000014 - The vCenter STS service must produce log records containing sufficient information regarding event details.

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

VCST-80-000025 - The vCenter STS service logs folder permissions must be set correctly.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

VCST-80-000034 - The vCenter STS service must limit privileges for creating or modifying hosted application shared files.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000036 - The vCenter STS service must disable stack tracing.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000037 - The vCenter STS service must be configured to use a specified IP address and port.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000057 - The vCenter STS service must be configured to limit data exposure between applications.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

VCST-80-000062 - The vCenter STS service must be configured to fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

VCST-80-000065 - The vCenter STS service must set URIEncoding to UTF-8.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

VCST-80-000067 - The vCenter STS service "ErrorReportValve showServerInfo" must be set to "false".

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

VCST-80-000070 - The vCenter STS service must set an inactive timeout for sessions.

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

VCST-80-000081 - The vCenter STS service must off-load log records onto a different system or media from the system being logged.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

VCST-80-000125 - The vCenter STS service must limit the amount of time that each Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection is kept alive.

ACCESS CONTROL

VCST-80-000126 - The vCenter STS service must limit the number of times that each Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection is kept alive.

ACCESS CONTROL

VCST-80-000127 - The vCenter STS service must configure the "setCharacterEncodingFilter" filter.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

VCST-80-000129 - The vCenter STS service cookies must have "http-only" flag set.

ACCESS CONTROL

VCST-80-000130 - The vCenter STS service DefaultServlet must be set to "readonly" for "PUT" and "DELETE" commands.

ACCESS CONTROL

VCST-80-000134 - The vCenter STS service shutdown port must be disabled.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000136 - The vCenter STS service debug parameter must be disabled.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000137 - The vCenter STS service directory listings parameter must be disabled.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000138 - The vCenter STS service deployXML attribute must be disabled.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000139 - The vCenter STS service must have Autodeploy disabled.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000140 - The vCenter STS service xpoweredBy attribute must be disabled.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000141 - The vCenter STS service example applications must be removed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000142 - The vCenter STS service default ROOT web application must be removed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000143 - The vCenter STS service default documentation must be removed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000144 - The vCenter STS service files must have permissions in an out-of-the-box state.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000151 - The vCenter STS service must disable "ALLOW_BACKSLASH".

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000152 - The vCenter STS service must enable "ENFORCE_ENCODING_IN_GET_WRITER".

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000154 - The vCenter STS service manager webapp must be removed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

VCST-80-000155 - The vCenter STS service host-manager webapp must be removed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT