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Container Platform Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000172

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • For accounts using password authentication, the container platform must use FIPS-validated SHA-2 or later protocol to protect the integrity of the password authentication process.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected on entry, in transmission, during authentication, and when stored. If compromised at any of th...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000173

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must enforce 24 hours (one day) as the minimum password lifetime.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforce...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000174

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed at specific intervals...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000177

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must map the authenticated identity to the individual user or group account for PKI-based authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The container platform and its components may require authentication before use. When the authentication is PKI-based, the co...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000178

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation/use by unauthorized individuals.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To prevent the compromise of authentication information such as passwords during the authentication process, the feedback fro...
    Rule Medium Severity

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