The ESXi host must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute forcing, is reduced. Once the configured number of attempts is reached, the account is locked by the ESXi host.
- ID
- SV-258728r958388_rule
- Version
- ESXI-80-000005
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters.
Select the ESXi Host >> Configure >> System >> Advanced System Settings.
Click "Edit". Select the "Security.AccountLockFailures" value and configure it to "3".