Detections
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ESXI-06-000005 - The system must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user.
Information
By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.Solution
From the vSphere Client select the ESXi Host and go to Configuration >> Advanced Settings. Select the Security.AccountLockFailures value and configure it to 3.or
From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host run the following command:
Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name Security.AccountLockFailures | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value 3
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMware_vSphere_6-0_ESXi_V1R5_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0 STIG v1r5
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-7, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000044, Group-ID|V-63179, Rule-ID|SV-77669r1_rule, STIG-ID|ESXI-06-000005, Vuln-ID|V-63179
Plugin: VMware
Control ID: c6a7a4ff792ff1f9d1fc369da419367b6f89f4a9e8135e482036f301ee636e80