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VMware vSphere 8.0 ESXi Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • The ESXi host must enable strict x509 verification for SSL syslog endpoints.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When sending syslog data to a remote host via SSL, the ESXi host is presented with the endpoint's SSL server certificate. In ...
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  • SRG-OS-000037-VMM-000150

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  • The ESXi host must forward audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without establishing what types of events occurred, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • The ESXi host must not be configured to override virtual machine (VM) configurations.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Each VM on an ESXi host runs in its own "vmx" process. Upon creation, a vmx process will look in two locations for configurat...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • The ESXi host must not be configured to override virtual machine (VM) logger settings.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Each VM on an ESXi host runs in its own "vmx" process. Upon creation, a vmx process will look in two locations for configurat...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • The ESXi host must require TPM-based configuration encryption.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An ESXi host's configuration consists of configuration files for each service that runs on the host. The configuration files ...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • The ESXi host must configure the firewall to restrict access to services running on the host.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unrestricted access to services running on an ESXi host can expose a host to outside attacks and unauthorized access. Reduce ...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • The ESXi host when using Host Profiles and/or Auto Deploy must use the vSphere Authentication Proxy to protect passwords when adding themselves to Active Directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a host is configured to join an Active Directory domain using Host Profiles and/or Auto Deploy, the Active Directory crede...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • The ESXi host must not use the default Active Directory ESX Admin group.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When adding ESXi hosts to Active Directory, all user/group accounts assigned to the Active Directory group "ESX Admins" will ...
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  • SRG-OS-000341-VMM-001220

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  • The ESXi host must configure a persistent log location for all locally stored logs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;ESXi can be configured to store log files on an in-memory file system. This occurs when the host's "/scratch" directory is li...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • The ESXi host must enforce the exclusive running of executables from approved VIBs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "execInstalledOnly" advanced ESXi boot option, when set to TRUE, guarantees that the VMkernel executes only those binarie...
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