The NSX Manager must enforce a minimum 15-character password length for local accounts.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-265316 | NMGR-4X-000039 | SV-265316r994171_rule | CCI-000205 | 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 need to 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 | |||
| VMware NSX 4.x Manager NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-12-13 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-265316r994171_chk)
From an NSX Manager shell, run the following command:
> get password-complexity
If the minimum password length is not 15 or greater, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-69141r994170_fix)
From an NSX Manager shell, run the following command:
> set password-complexity minimum-password-length 15