The vCenter Server user roles must be verified.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Users and service accounts must only be assigned privileges they require. Least privilege requires that these privileges must only be assigned if needed to reduce risk of confidentiality, availability, or integrity loss. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000211, SRG-APP-000233, SRG-APP-000380

ID: SV-258921r961095_rule
Version: VCSA-80-000095
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-001082 CCI-001084 CCI-001813
Updated: about 2 months ago

Remediation Templates

To update a user's or group's permissions to an existing role with reduced permissions, do the following:

From the vSphere Client, go to Administration >> Access Control >> Global Permissions.

Select the user or group, click the pencil button, change the assigned role, and click "OK".
Note: If permissions are assigned on a specific object, the role must be updated where it is assigned (for example, at the cluster level).

To create a new role with reduced permissions, do the following:

From the vSphere Client, go to Administration >> Access Control >> Roles.

Click the green plus sign and enter a name for the role and select only the specific permissions required.

Users can then be assigned to the newly created role.

The vCenter Server user roles must be verified.

Description

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure