The Cisco ACI must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-271960 | CACI-ND-000045 | SV-271960r1168376_rule | CCI-004066 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that must be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to increase exponentially the time and/or resources required to compromise the password. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Cisco ACI NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-12-11 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-271960r1168376_chk)
1. Navigate to Admin >> AAA >> Security.
2. In the Work pane, choose Default Settings >> Edit.
3. In the Properties section, verify "Password Strength Check" is checked.
If the Cisco ACI fabric is not configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-75917r1168375_fix)
1. Navigate to Admin >> AAA >> Security.
2. In the Work pane, choose Default Settings >> Edit
3. In the Properties section, verify "Password Strength Check" is checked.
4. In the dialog box that opens, verify "Password Minimum Length" is set to "15".