The HPE Alletra Storage ArcusOS device must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-283381 | ASMP-ND-000410 | SV-283381r1194837_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 | |||
| HPE Alletra Storage ArcusOS Network Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-03-03 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-283381r1194837_chk)
Verify the minimum password length is 15 characters with the following command:
cli% showsys -d
Minimum PW length 15
If the line containing the string "Minimum PW length" does not show "15" for the length, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-87851r1194836_fix)
Configure the minimum password length for a value of "15":
cli% setsys MinimumPWLength 15
Note: The user must have the "super" role to perform this action.