RHEL 8 must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If RHEL 8 allows the user to select passwords based on dictionary words, this increases the chances of password compromise by increasing the opportunity for successful guesses, and brute-force attacks.
- ID
- SV-230377r1017188_rule
- Version
- RHEL-08-020300
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure RHEL 8 to prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.
Add or update the following line in the "/etc/security/pwquality.conf" file or a configuration file in the /etc/pwquality.conf.d/ directory to contain the "dictcheck" parameter:
dictcheck=1
Remove any configurations that conflict with the above value.