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The Nokia router must only store cryptographic representations of passwords.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-283773NOKI-ND-000440SV-283773r1203364_ruleCCI-004062high
Description
Passwords must be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method of protecting passwords. If passwords are not encrypted, they can be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily compromised. Network devices must enforce cryptographic representations of passwords when storing passwords in databases, configuration files, and log files. Passwords must be protected at all times; using a strong one-way hashing encryption algorithm with a salt is the standard method for providing a means to validate a password without having to store the actual password. Performance and time required to access are factors that must be considered, and the one-way hash is the most feasible means of securing the password and providing an acceptable measure of password security. If passwords are stored in clear text, they can be plainly read and easily compromised. In many instances, a password verifier is used to confirm the user knows the password. In its simplest form, a password verifier is a computational function that can create a hash of a password and determine if the value provided by the user matches the stored hash.
STIGDate
Nokia Service Router OS 25.x Network Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-06-15

Related Frameworks

1 mapping 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 (58) 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-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
AC-3(4)Discretionary Access Control
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
CCI1 mapping
CCI-004062
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-283773r1203364_chk)

Review the Nokia router configuration to determine if passwords are encrypted, as shown in the example below: - show system security password-options | match hashing Password hashing : sha2-pbkdf2 If "Password hashing" is not set to "sha2-pbkdf2" or "sha3-pbkdf2", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-88243r1203363_fix)

Configure the Nokia router to encrypt all passwords using the command below: - configure system security password hashing sha2-pbkdf2