The layer 2 switch must not have any switch ports assigned to the native VLAN.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-206672 | SRG-NET-000512-L2S-000013 | SV-206672r385561_rule | CCI-000366 | low |
| Description | ||||
| Double encapsulation can be initiated by an attacker who has access to a switch port belonging to the native VLAN of the trunk port. Knowing the victim’s MAC address and with the victim attached to a different switch belonging to the same trunk group, thereby requiring the trunk link and frame tagging, the malicious user can begin the attack by sending frames with two sets of tags. The outer tag that will have the attacker’s VLAN ID (probably the well-known and omnipresent default VLAN) is stripped off by the switch, and the inner tag that will have the victim’s VLAN ID is used by the switch as the next hop and sent out the trunk port. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Layer 2 Switch Security Requirements Guide | 2025-03-05 | |||
Related Frameworks
4 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-6
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.4.1
1.00
- DISA · 3 · 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
3.4.2
1.00
- DISA · 3 · 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-000366
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-206672r385561_chk)
Review the switch configurations and examine all access switch ports. Verify that they do not belong to the native VLAN.
If any access switch ports have been assigned to the same VLAN ID as the native VLAN, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-6930r298447_fix)
Configure all access switch ports to a VLAN other than the native VLAN.