The Nokia router must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-283770 | NOKI-ND-000380 | SV-283770r1203355_rule | CCI-004066 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that must be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Nokia Service Router OS 25.x Network Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-06-15 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-283770r1203355_chk)
Verify "Accepted password length" is set to a minimum of 15 characters using the command below:
- show system security password-options | match length
User password history length : disabled
Accepted password length : 15..56 characters
If the Nokia router or its associated authentication server does not enforce a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-88240r1203354_fix)
Configure the Nokia router with a minimum 15-character password length using the command below:
- configure system security password complexity-rules minimum-length 15