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AIX Operating systems must enforce 24 hours/1 day as the minimum password lifetime.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-215222AIX7-00-001125SV-215222r1009539_ruleCCI-004066medium
Description
Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforcement requirement. If users are allowed to immediately and continually change their password, then the password could be repeatedly changed in a short period of time to defeat the organization's policy regarding password reuse.
STIGDate
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-06-15

Related Frameworks

2 mappings 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 (64) 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
CCI2 mappings
CCI-000198
1.00
CCI-004066
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-215222r1009539_chk)

From the command prompt, run the following command to check the system default "minage" attribute value: # lssec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a minage default minage=1 If the default "minage" value is not set, or its value is less than "1", this is a finding. From the command prompt, run the following command to check "minage" attribute value for all accounts: # lsuser -a minage ALL root minage=1 user1 minage=1 user2 minage=2 If any user's "minage" value is less than "1", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16418r294118_fix)

From the command prompt, run the following command to set "minage=1" for the default stanza in "/etc/security/user": # chsec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a minage=1 For each user who has "minage=0" set its "minage" to "1" by running the following command from command prompt: # chsec -f /etc/security/user -s [user_name] -a minage=1