The Juniper EX switch must be configured to automatically audit account creation.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-253879 | JUEX-NM-000020 | SV-253879r960777_rule | CCI-000018 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Upon gaining access to a network device, an attacker will often first attempt to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is to create a new account. Notification of account creation helps to mitigate this risk. Auditing account creation provides the necessary reconciliation that account management procedures are being followed. Without this audit trail, personnel without the proper authorization may gain access to critical network nodes. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Juniper EX Series Switches Network Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-06-15 | |||
Related Frameworks
1 mapping across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
SCF0 mappings
No source states a mapping between these directly.
Also reachable in 3 hops (1) 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.
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2equal to
NIST 800-530 mappings
No source states a mapping between these directly.
Also reachable in 2 hops (49) 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.
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
+39 more (top 10 by confidence shown)
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000018
1.00
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R5intersects(normalised)
Details
Check Text (C-253879r960777_chk)
Review the network device configuration to determine if it automatically audits account creation or is configured to use an authentication server that would perform this function.
Verify the system logs the facility "any", or minimally "change-log" and "interactive-commands", and the logging level is appropriate. Generally, the "all" (debug) logging level should be avoided because the number of logged messages is significant.
[edit system syslog]
host <IPv4 or IPv6 syslog address> {
any info;
}
file <file name> {
change-log info;
interactive-commands info;
}
Note: If minimally logging only configuration changes, there will be other files receiving the events from the other logging facilities (e.g., "authorizations" or "firewall").
Syslog outputs in standard format unless the "structured-data" directive is configured. Verify the "structured-data" command for all files and external syslog servers requiring that format. For example:
[edit system syslog]
host <IPv4 or IPv6 syslog address> {
change-log info;
interactive-commands info;
structured-data;
}
file <file name> {
any info;
structured-data;
}
If account creation is not automatically audited, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-57282r944341_fix)
Configure the network device or its associated authentication server to automatically audit the creation of accounts.
set system syslog host <IPv4 or IPv6 syslog address> change-log info
set system syslog host <IPv4 or IPv6 syslog address> interactive-commands info
-or-
set system syslog host <IPv4 or IPv6 syslog address> any info
Also set the syslog file configuration as follows:
set system syslog file <file name> change-log info
set system syslog file <file name> interactive-commands info
-or-
set system syslog file <file name> any info