JMX authentication must be secured.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-222963 | TCAT-AS-000610 | SV-222963r960972_rule | CCI-000765 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Java Management Extensions (JMX) provides the means to remotely manage the Java VM. When enabling the JMX agent for remote monitoring, the user must enable authentication. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Apache Tomcat Application Server 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-02-11 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-222963r960972_chk)
From the Tomcat server run the following command:
sudo grep -I jmxremote.authenticate /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service
sudo ps -ef |grep -i jmxremote
If the results are blank, this is not a finding.
If the results include:
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-24624r426334_fix)
If using JMX for management of the Tomcat server, start the Tomcat server by adding the following command line flags to the systemd startup scripts in /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service.
Environment='CATALINA_OPTS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=true'
sudo systemctl start tomcat
sudo systemctl daemon-reload