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The NSX Manager must enforce a minimum 15-character password length for local accounts.

Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-265316 NMGR-4X-000039 SV-265316r994171_rule   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 4.x Manager NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide 2024-12-13

Details

Check Text (C-69233r994169_chk)
From an NSX Manager shell, run the following command:

> get password-complexity

If the minimum password length is not 15 or greater, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-69141r994170_fix)
From an NSX Manager shell, run the following command:

> set password-complexity minimum-password-length 15