The vCenter Server must disable or restrict the connectivity between vSAN Health Check and public Hardware Compatibility List by use of an external proxy server.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-243110	VCTR-67-000054	SV-243110r719573_rule		Medium

Description
The vSAN Health Check is able to download the hardware compatibility list from VMware to check compliance against the underlying vSAN Cluster hosts. To ensure the vCenter server is not directly downloading content from the internet, this functionality must be disabled or, if this feature is necessary, an external proxy server must be configured.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 vCenter Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-09-09

Details

Check Text ( C-46385r719571_chk )
If no clusters are enabled for vSAN, this is not applicable. From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters >> select the vCenter Server >> Configure >> vSAN >> Internet Connectivity. If the HCL internet download is not required, verify that "Status" is disabled. If the "Status" is enabled, this is a finding. If the HCL internet download is required, verify that "Status" is enabled and a proxy host is configured. If "Status" is enabled and a proxy is not configured, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-46385r719571_chk )

If no clusters are enabled for vSAN, this is not applicable.

From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters >> select the vCenter Server >> Configure >> vSAN >> Internet Connectivity.

If the HCL internet download is not required, verify that "Status" is disabled.

If the "Status" is enabled, this is a finding.

If the HCL internet download is required, verify that "Status" is enabled and a proxy host is configured.

If "Status" is enabled and a proxy is not configured, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-46342r719572_fix)
From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters >> vCenter Server >> Configure >> vSAN >> Internet Connectivity >> Edit. If the HCL internet download is not required, ensure that "Status" is disabled. If the HCL internet download is required, ensure that "Status" is enabled and a proxy host is appropriately configured.