The NSX-T Manager must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-251780 | TNDM-3X-000041 | SV-251780r919231_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-T Manager NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2023-06-22 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-251780r919231_chk)
From an NSX-T Manager shell, run the following command(s):
> get auth-policy minimum-password-length
Expected result:
15 characters
If the "minimum-password-length" is not set to 15 or greater, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-55194r810342_fix)
From an NSX-T Manager shell, run the following command(s):
> set auth-policy minimum-password-length 15