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VCWN-65-000065 - The vCenter Server for Windows must have Mutual CHAP configured for vSAN iSCSI targets.

Information

When enabled vSphere performs bidirectional authentication of both the iSCSI target and host. There is a potential for a MitM attack when not authenticating both the iSCSI target and host in which an attacker might impersonate either side of the connection to steal data. Bidirectional authentication mitigates this risk.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

From the vSphere Web Client go to Host and Clusters >> Select a Cluster >> Configure >> Virtual SAN >> iSCSI Targets

For each iSCSI Target select the item and click the pencil icon to open the edit dialog. Change the 'Authentication' field to 'Mutual CHAP' and configure the incoming and outgoing users and secrets appropriately.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-5_Y23M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216884r879887_rule, STIG-ID|VCWN-65-000065, STIG-Legacy|SV-104663, STIG-Legacy|V-94833, Vuln-ID|V-216884

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: 1c8c74d0cd21e15347df9d9a4bdb30db7f7f4ecd9c27f880687f4229901a4e4c