The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must perform strict mode checking of home directory configuration files.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If other users have access to modify user-specific SSH configuration files, they may be able to log on the system as another user.
- ID
- SV-256389r959010_rule
- Version
- ESXI-70-000020
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
From an ESXi shell, add or correct the following line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config":
StrictModes yes