NixOS must enable the use of pwquality.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If the operating system allows the user to select passwords based on dictionary words, then this increases the chances of password compromise by increasing the opportunity for successful guesses and brute-force attacks.
- ID
- SV-268170r1039398_rule
- Version
- ANIX-00-001861
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure NixOS to check password change attempts against a dictionary.
Add the following Nix code to the NixOS Configuration usually located in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
security.pam.services.passwd.text = pkgs.lib.mkDefault (pkgs.lib.mkBefore "password requisite ${pkgs.libpwquality.lib}/lib/security/pam_pwquality.so");
security.pam.services.chpasswd.text = pkgs.lib.mkDefault (pkgs.lib.mkBefore "password requisite ${pkgs.libpwquality.lib}/lib/security/pam_pwquality.so");