The NSX-T Manager must disable unused local accounts.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Prior to NSX-T 3.1 and earlier, there are three local accounts: root, admin, and audit. These local accounts could not be disabled and no additional accounts could be created. Starting in NSX-T 3.1.1, there are two additional guest user accounts: guestuser1 and guestuser2. The local accounts for audit and guest users are disabled by default, but can be deactivated once active; however, admin and root accounts cannot be disabled. These accounts should remain disabled and unique non-local user accounts should be used instead.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-251797r879588_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
From the NSX-T Manager web interface, go to the System >> Users and Roles >> Local Users.
Select the menu drop down next to the user to modify and click "Deactivate User".