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The ESXi host SSH daemon must be configured with the DOD logon banner.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-256383ESXI-70-000009SV-256383r958390_ruleCCI-000048medium
Description
The warning message reinforces policy awareness during the logon process and facilitates possible legal action against attackers. Alternatively, systems whose ownership should not be obvious should ensure use of a banner that does not provide easy attribution.
STIGDate
VMware vSphere 7.0 ESXi Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-02-11

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) 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.

SEA-18System Use Notification (Logon Banner)
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (16) 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-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-7Unsuccessful Logon Attempts
1.00
AC-8System Use Notification
1.00
IA-2(1)Multi-factor Authentication to Privileged Accounts
1.00

+6 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) 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.

3.1.9
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000048
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-256383r958390_chk)

From an ESXi shell, run the following command: # /usr/lib/vmware/openssh/bin/sshd -T|grep banner Expected result: banner /etc/issue If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60001r885929_fix)

From an ESXi shell, add or correct the following line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config": Banner /etc/issue