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Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 4 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
TOSS must not allow accounts configured with blank or null passwords.
TOSS must not allow accounts configured with blank or null passwords.
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TOSS must not allow accounts configured with blank or null passwords.
High Severity
<VulnDiscussion>If an account has an empty password, anyone could log on and run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with empty passwords should never be used in operational environments.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>