DISA STIGS Viewer

AOS must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-266934 ARBA-ND-000256 SV-266934r1039823_rule   Medium
Description
Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Multifactor authentication (MFA) is required for all administrative and user accounts on network devices, except for an account of last resort and (where applicable) a root account. Passwords should only be used when MFA using public key infrastructure (PKI) is not available and for the account of last resort and root account.
STIG Date
HPE Aruba Networking AOS NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide 2024-10-29

Details

Check Text (C-70858r1039821_chk)
Verify the AOS configuration with the following command:
show aaa password-policy mgmt

If "Minimum number of Digits" is not set to "1 digits", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-70761r1039822_fix)
Configure AOS with the following commands:
configure terminal
aaa password-policy mgmt
password-min-digit 1
exit
write memory