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VMware vSphere 7.0 ESXi Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    Group
  • The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must not allow host-based authentication.

    SSH trust relationships mean a compromise on one host can allow an attacker to move trivially to other hosts. SSH's cryptographic host-based authentication is more secure than ".rhosts" authenticat...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    Group
  • The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must not allow authentication using an empty password.

    Configuring this setting for the SSH daemon provides additional assurance that remote logon via SSH will require a password, even in the event of misconfiguration elsewhere.
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    Group
  • The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must not permit user environment settings.

    SSH environment options potentially allow users to bypass access restriction in some configurations. Users must not be able to present environment options to the SSH daemon.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    Group
  • The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must perform strict mode checking of home directory configuration files.

    If other users have access to modify user-specific SSH configuration files, they may be able to log on the system as another user.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    Group
  • The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must not allow compression or must only allow compression after successful authentication.

    If compression is allowed in an SSH connection prior to authentication, vulnerabilities in the compression software could result in compromise of the system from an unauthenticated connection, pote...
    Rule Medium Severity

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