Details

By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

From the vSphere Web Client go to Administration >> Single Sign-On >> Configuration >> Policies >> Lockout Policy. Click ‘Edit’. Set the Unlock time to ‘0’ and click ‘OK’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-5_Y21M10_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system VMware.

References

• 800-53|AC-7b.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-002238
• Rule-ID|SV-216866r612237_rule
• STIG-ID|VCWN-65-000047
• STIG-Legacy|SV-104627
• STIG-Legacy|V-94797
• Vuln-ID|V-216866

Source

• Tenable.com/audits