The vCenter Server must require an administrator to unlock an account locked due to excessive login failures.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258933	VCSA-80-000266	SV-258933r934457_rule		Medium

Description
By requiring that Single Sign-On (SSO) accounts be unlocked manually, the risk of unauthorized access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute forcing, is reduced. When the account unlock time is set to zero, a locked account can only be unlocked manually by an administrator.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-10-11

Details

Check Text ( C-62673r934455_chk )
From the vSphere Client, go to Administration >> Single Sign On >> Configuration >> Local Accounts >> Lockout Policy. View the value of the "Unlock time" setting. Unlock time: 0 seconds If the lockout policy is not configured with "Unlock time" policy of "0", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62582r934456_fix)
From the vSphere Client, go to Administration >> Single Sign On >> Configuration >> Local Accounts >> Lockout Policy. Click "Edit". Set the "Unlock time" to "0" and click "Save".