The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must not permit user environment settings.

An XCCDF Rule

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Profiles

Description

SSH environment options potentially allow users to bypass access restriction in some configurations. Users must not be able to present environment options to the SSH daemon.

ID: SV-258762r959010_rule
Version: ESXI-80-000204
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-000366
Updated: about 2 months ago

Remediation Templates

From an ESXi shell, run the following command:

# esxcli system ssh server config set -k permituserenvironment -v no

or
From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host, run the following commands:

$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -v2
$arguments = $esxcli.system.ssh.server.config.set.CreateArgs()
$arguments.keyword = 'permituserenvironment'
$arguments.value = 'no'
$esxcli.system.ssh.server.config.set.Invoke($arguments)

The ESXi host Secure Shell (SSH) daemon must not permit user environment settings.

Description

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure