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1.28 ESXI-80-000195

Information

The ESXi host must automatically stop shell services after 10 minutes.

GROUP ID: V-258756
RULE ID: SV-258756r1003569

When the ESXi Shell or Secure Shell (SSH) services are enabled on a host, they will run indefinitely. To avoid having these services left running, set the "ESXiShellTimeOut". The "ESXiShellTimeOut" defines a window of time after which the ESXi Shell and SSH services will be stopped automatically.

Solution

From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters.

Select the ESXi Host >> Configure >> System >> Advanced System Settings.

Click "Edit". Select the "UserVars.ESXiShellTimeOut" value and configure it to "600".

or

From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host, run the following command:

Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name UserVars.ESXiShellTimeOut | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value 600

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23619

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-10, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001133, Rule-ID|SV-258756r1003569_rule, STIG-ID|ESXI-80-000195, Vuln-ID|V-258756

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: 93abb1efad03e2273e8e81702b99163c818dff5c3532eba33075a4c2c44c9bed