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The Juniper EX switch must be configured to use an authentication server for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-253941JUEX-NM-000640SV-253941r1137887_ruleCCI-000366high
Description
Centralized management of authentication settings increases the security of remote and nonlocal access methods. This control is particularly important protection against the insider threat. With robust centralized management, audit records for administrator account access to the organization's network devices can be more readily analyzed for trends and anomalies. The alternative method of defining administrator accounts on each device exposes the device configuration to remote access authentication attacks and system administrators with multiple authenticators for each network device.
STIGDate
Juniper EX Series Switches Network Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-06-15

Related Frameworks

15 mappings across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (19) 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.

CFG-01Configuration Management Program
1.00
CFG-02Secure Baseline Configurations
1.00
CRY-01Use of Cryptographic Controls
1.00
DCH-01Data Protection
1.00
END-01Endpoint Device Management (EDM)
1.00
END-04Malicious Code Protection (Anti-Malware)
1.00
END-06Endpoint File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)
1.00
IAC-10.2PKI-Based Authentication
1.00
IAC-15.3Disable Inactive Accounts
1.00
IAC-21Least Privilege
1.00

+9 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (100) 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-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-16(1)Dynamic Attribute Association
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-2Account Management
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-24(1)Transmit Access Authorization Information
1.00
AC-25Reference Monitor
1.00

+90 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (7) 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.

3.3.8
1.00
3.4.1
1.00
3.4.2
1.00
3.5.10
1.00
3.5.7
1.00
3.5.8
1.00
3.5.9
1.00
CCI15 mappings
CCI-000366
1.00
CCI-000370
1.00
CCI-003627
1.00
CCI-003628
1.00
CCI-003831
1.00
CCI-004046
1.00
CCI-004047
1.00
CCI-004058
1.00
CCI-004059
1.00
CCI-004060
1.00

+5 more (top 10 by weight shown)

NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (5) 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.

DE.CM-09
1.00
PR.DS-10
1.00
PR.PS-01
1.00
PR.PSPlatform Security
0.50
PR.PS-05
0.50

Who does this work

13 NICE work roles and 9 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-253941r1137887_chk)

Review the network device configuration to verify the device is configured to use an authentication server as the primary source for authentication. Verify the RADIUS and/or TACACS+ server addresses. [edit system] radius-server { <RADIUS-1 address> secret "hashed PSK"; ## SECRET-DATA <RADIUS-2 address> secret "hashed PSK"; ## SECRET-DATA } tacplus-server { <TACPLUS-1 address> secret "hashed PSK"; ## SECRET-DATA <TACPLUS-2 address> secret "hashed PSK"; ## SECRET-DATA } Verify the authentication order places the external authentication server first. [edit system] authentication-order [ radius tacplus password ]; Note: Only the global authentication order is required; all administrative access methods will honor the global setting unless configured separately. If the network device is not configured to use an authentication server to authenticate users prior to granting administrative access, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-57344r843855_fix)

Configure the network device to use an authentication server. set system radius-server <RADIUS-1 address> secret "<PSK>" set system tacplus-server <TACPLUS-1 address> secret "<PSK>" Configure the authentication order to use the authentication server as primary source for authentication. set system authentication-order radius set system authentication-order tacplus set system authentication-order password