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The container platform must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor in determining how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Special characters are those characters that are not alphanumeric. Examples include ~ ! @ # $ % ^ *.

ID
SV-233093r981859_rule
Version
SRG-APP-000169-CTR-000425
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the container platform to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.