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The F5 BIG-IP appliance must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-266087F5BI-DM-300049SV-266087r1024891_ruleCCI-000205medium
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 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.
STIGDate
F5 BIG-IP TMOS NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-06-12

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (3) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

IAC-10Authenticator Management
0.50
IAC-10.1Password-Based Authentication
0.50
IAC-10.4Automated Support For Password Strength
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (48) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00

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NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (4) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.5.10
1.00
3.5.7
1.00
3.5.8
1.00
3.5.9
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000205
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-266087r1024891_chk)

From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. System. 2. Users. 3. Authentication. 4. Verify that "Secure Password Enforcement" is set to "Enabled". 5. Verify that "Minimum Length" is set to at least 15. From the BIG-IP console, type the following command(s): tmsh list auth password-policy minimum-length Note: Verify the value is set to at least 15. If the BIG-IP appliance is not configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-69914r1024890_fix)

From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. System. 2. Users. 3. Authentication. 4. Under "Password Policy" set "Secure Password Enforcement" to "Enabled". 5. Configure "Minimum Length" to 15. 6. Click "Update". From the BIG-IP console, type the following command(s): tmsh modify auth password-policy minimum-length 15 tmsh save sys config