VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Envoy Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version	Date	Finding Count (5)			Downloads
1	2023-10-29	CAT I (High): 0	CAT II (Med): 5	CAT III (Low): 0	Excel	JSON	XML

STIG Description
This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DOD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.

Classified	Public	Sensitive
I - Mission Critical Classified	I - Mission Critical Public	I - Mission Critical Sensitive	II - Mission Support Classified	II - Mission Support Public	II - Mission Support Sensitive	III - Administrative Classified	III - Administrative Public	III - Administrative Sensitive

Finding ID	Severity	Title	Description
V-259161	Medium	The vCenter Envoy and Rhttpproxy service log files permissions must be set correctly.	Log data is essential in the investigation of events. If log data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system...
V-259162	Medium	The vCenter Envoy service private key file must be protected from unauthorized access.	Envoy's private key is used to prove the identity of the server to clients and securely exchange the shared secret key used to encrypt communications between the web server and clients. By...
V-259163	Medium	The vCenter Rhttpproxy service log files must be sent to a central log server.	Writing events to a centralized management audit system offers many benefits to the enterprise over having dispersed logs. Centralized management of audit records and logs provides for efficiency...
V-259164	Medium	The vCenter Envoy service log files must be sent to a central log server.	Writing events to a centralized management audit system offers many benefits to the enterprise over having dispersed logs. Centralized management of audit records and logs provides for efficiency...
V-259165	Medium	The vCenter Envoy service must set a limit on remote connections.	Envoy client connections must be limited to preserve system resources and continue servicing connections without interruption. Without a limit set, the system would be vulnerable to a trivial...