The Cisco router must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215681 | CISC-ND-000550 | SV-215681r991820_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 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 need to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Cisco IOS Router NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-19 | |||
Related Frameworks
6 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
IA-5(1)
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1714 mappings
3.5.10
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.5.7
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.5.8
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.5.9
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-004066
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-215681r991820_chk)
Review the Cisco router configuration to verify that it is compliant with this requirement as shown in the example below.
aaa new-model
!
!
aaa common-criteria policy PASSWORD_POLICY
min-length 15
If the Cisco router is not configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-16873r286006_fix)
Configure the Cisco router to enforce a minimum 15-character password length as shown in the example below.
R1(config)#aaa common-criteria policy PASSWORD_POLICY
R1(config-cc-policy)#min-length 15
R1(config-cc-policy)#exit