Detections
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VCSA-80-000070 - 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".
Set the "Restrict reuse" to "5" and click "Save".
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_8-0_Y25M07_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter STIG v2r3
Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION
References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(b), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-004061, Rule-ID|SV-258912r1015267_rule, STIG-ID|VCSA-80-000070, Vuln-ID|V-258912
Plugin: VMware
Control ID: f7cec4256e634f8f50cd8f95a2b9982d2ac04044a2d0cc3d1eb09c8b82de6886