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Nutanix AOS must enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If the operating system does not limit the lifetime of passwords and force users to change their passwords, there is the risk that the operating system passwords could be compromised.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-254219r846745_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the password maximum age by running the following command:

$ sudo salt-call state.sls security/CVM/pamCVM