The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must use FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258732	ESXI-80-000014	SV-258732r958408_rule	CCI-000068	high
Description
Without confidentiality protection mechanisms, unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive information via a remote access session. OpenSSH on the ESXi host ships with a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic module and it is enabled by default. For backward compatibility reasons, this can be disabled so this setting must be audited and corrected if necessary.
STIG			Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 ESXi Security Technical Implementation Guide			2026-06-04

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.

NET-14.2Protection of Confidentiality / Integrity Using Encryption

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2equal to

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (33) 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-17(1)Monitoring and Control

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-3Access Enforcement

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-6Configuration Settings

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
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DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-6(1)Automated Management, Application, and Verification

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-7Least Functionality

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-7(1)Periodic Review

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)7our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)7intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

IA-2(8)Access to Accounts — Replay Resistant

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

IA-2(9)Network Access to Non-privileged Accounts — Replay Resistant

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

IA-3Device Identification and Authentication

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

+23 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.

3.1.13

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2, Appendix DRev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021)equal to(normalised)

CCI1 mapping

CCI-000068

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DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-258732r958408_chk)

From an ESXi shell, run the following command: # esxcli system security fips140 ssh get or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host, run the following commands: $esxcli = Get-EsxCli -v2 $esxcli.system.security.fips140.ssh.get.invoke() Expected result: Enabled: true If the FIPS mode is not enabled for SSH, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62381r933256_fix)

From an ESXi shell, run the following command: # esxcli system security fips140 ssh set -e true or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host, run the following commands: $esxcli = Get-EsxCli -v2 $arguments = $esxcli.system.security.fips140.ssh.set.CreateArgs() $arguments.enable = $true $esxcli.system.security.fips140.ssh.set.Invoke($arguments)