The Workspace ONE UEM local accounts must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-251262	VMW1-00-200150	SV-251262r805089_rule		High

Description
Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. To meet password policy requirements, passwords need to be changed at specific policy-based intervals. If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements. SFR ID: FMT_SMF.1(2)b. / IA-5 (1) (e)

Description

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. To meet password policy requirements, passwords need to be changed at specific policy-based intervals. If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements. SFR ID: FMT_SMF.1(2)b. / IA-5 (1) (e)

STIG	Date
VMware Workspace ONE UEM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-11-04

Details

Check Text ( C-54697r805087_chk )
Verify WS1 UEM is configured to prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations for local account passwords for the emergency local account. 1. Log in to the WS1UEM console. 2. Go to Settings >> Admin >> Console Security >> Passwords. 3. Verify "Enforced password history" to "5 passwords remembered". If WS1 UEM is not configured to prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations for local account passwords, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-54697r805087_chk )

Verify WS1 UEM is configured to prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations for local account passwords for the emergency local account.

1. Log in to the WS1UEM console.
2. Go to Settings >> Admin >> Console Security >> Passwords.
3. Verify "Enforced password history" to "5 passwords remembered".

If WS1 UEM is not configured to prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations for local account passwords, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-54651r805088_fix)
Configure WS1 UEM to prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations for local account passwords for the emergency local account. 1. Log in to the WS1UEM console. 2. Go to Settings >> Admin >> Console Security >> Passwords. 3. Configure "Enforced password history" to "5 passwords remembered".