AOS must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid login attempts, after which time it must block any login attempt for 15 minutes.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-266911 | ARBA-ND-000214 | SV-266911r1039754_rule | CCI-000044 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| HPE Aruba Networking AOS NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-10-29 | |||
Related Frameworks
3 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
AC-7
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1711 mapping
3.1.8
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · 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-000044
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-266911r1039754_chk)
1. Verify the AOS configuration with the following command:
show aaa password-policy mgmt
2. Verify that "Maximum Number of failed attempts in 3 minute window to lockout password based user" is set to "3 attempts" and "Time duration to lockout the password based user upon crossing the 'lock-out' threshold" is set to "15 minutes".
If one or both of these settings are set to any other value, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-70738r1039753_fix)
Configure AOS with the following commands:
configure terminal
aaa password-policy mgmt
password-lock-out 3
password-lock-out-time 15
enable
exit
write memory