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ESXI-70-000082 - The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must disable port forwarding.
Information
While enabling Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) tunnels is a valuable function of sshd, this feature is not appropriate for use on the ESXi hypervisor.Solution
From an ESXi shell, add or correct the following line in '/etc/ssh/sshd_config':AllowTcpForwarding no
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_7-0_Y25M04_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA VMware vSphere 7.0 ESXi STIG v1r4 Unix
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-256434r959010_rule, STIG-ID|ESXI-70-000082, Vuln-ID|V-256434
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 8620d820973a131b984c4704a330582a3b413e83b6373e4df516f37ef3ee82cc