Detections
Analytics
VCSA-70-000070 - The vCenter Server must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
Information
Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks.To meet password policy requirements, passwords must be changed at specific policy-based intervals.
If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the result is a password that is not changed per policy requirements.
NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.
Solution
From the vSphere Client, go to Administration >> Single Sign On >> Configuration >> Local Accounts >> Password Policy.Click 'Edit', enter '5' as the 'Restrict reuse' setting, and click 'OK'.
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_7-0_Y24M01_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter v1r3
Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION
References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(e), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000200, Rule-ID|SV-256326r885589_rule, STIG-ID|VCSA-70-000070, Vuln-ID|V-256326
Plugin: VMware
Control ID: 4988b6daa200415585eec68298c260ceeb26317578010c10cb588ba05fad0756