The vCenter Server must configure the vpxuser password meets length policy.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-243090	VCTR-67-000024	SV-243090r719513_rule		Medium

Description
The vpxuser password default length is 32 characters. Ensure this setting meets site policies; if not, configure to meet password length policies. Longer passwords make brute-force password attacks more difficult. The vpxuser password is added by vCenter, meaning no manual intervention is normally required. The vpxuser password length must never be modified to less than the default length of 32 characters.

Description

The vpxuser password default length is 32 characters. Ensure this setting meets site policies; if not, configure to meet password length policies. Longer passwords make brute-force password attacks more difficult. The vpxuser password is added by vCenter, meaning no manual intervention is normally required. The vpxuser password length must never be modified to less than the default length of 32 characters.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 vCenter Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-04-16

Details

Check Text ( C-46365r719511_chk )
From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters >> select a vCenter Server >> Configure >> Settings >> Advanced Settings. Verify that "config.vpxd.hostPasswordLength" is set to "32". or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server, run the following command: Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity -Name config.vpxd.hostPasswordLength Verify it is set to "32". If the "config.vpxd.hostPasswordLength" is set to a value other than "32", this is a finding. If the setting does not exist, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-46365r719511_chk )

From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters >> select a vCenter Server >> Configure >> Settings >> Advanced Settings.

Verify that "config.vpxd.hostPasswordLength" is set to "32".

or

From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server, run the following command:

Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity -Name config.vpxd.hostPasswordLength

Verify it is set to "32".

If the "config.vpxd.hostPasswordLength" is set to a value other than "32", this is a finding.

If the setting does not exist, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-46322r719512_fix)
From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters >> select a vCenter Server >> Configure >> Settings >> Advanced Settings. Click "Edit Settings" and configure the "config.vpxd.hostPasswordLength" value to "32". or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server run the following command if the setting already exists: Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity -Name config.vpxd.hostPasswordLength \| Set-AdvancedSetting -Value 32

Fix Text (F-46322r719512_fix)

From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters >> select a vCenter Server >> Configure >> Settings >> Advanced Settings.

Click "Edit Settings" and configure the "config.vpxd.hostPasswordLength" value to "32".

or

From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server run the following command if the setting already exists:

Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity -Name config.vpxd.hostPasswordLength | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value 32