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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000148

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    Group
  • The container platform application program interface (API) must uniquely identify and authenticate users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The container platform requires user accounts to perform container platform tasks. These tasks are often performed through th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000148

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must uniquely identify and authenticate processes acting on behalf of the users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The container platform will instantiate a container image and use the user privileges given to the user used to execute the c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000148

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform application program interface (API) must uniquely identify and authenticate processes acting on behalf of the users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The container platform API can be used to perform any task within the platform. Often, the API is used to create tasks that p...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000149

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must use multifactor authentication for network access to privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the use of multifactor authentication, the ease of access to privileged functions is greatly increased. Multifactor ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000150

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must use multifactor authentication for network access to non-privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, non-privileged users must utilize multifactor authentication to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000151

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must use multifactor authentication for local access to privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, privileged users must utilize multifactor authentication to prev...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000152

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must use multifactor authentication for local access to non-privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure accountability, prevent unauthenticated access, and prevent misuse of the system, non-privileged users must utilize...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000153

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must ensure users are authenticated with an individual authenticator prior to using a group authenticator.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure individual accountability and prevent unauthorized access, application users must be individually identified and au...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000156

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must use FIPS-validated SHA-1 or higher hash function to provide replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A replay attack may enable an unauthorized user to gain access to the application. Authentication sessions between the authen...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000157

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to non-privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A replay attack may enable an unauthorized user to gain access to the application. Authentication sessions between the authen...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000158

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must uniquely identify all network-connected nodes before establishing any connection.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A container platform usually consists of multiple nodes. It is important for these nodes to be uniquely identified before a c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000163

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must disable identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inactive identifiers pose a risk to systems and applications. Attackers that are able to exploit an inactive identifier can p...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000164

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is comprom...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000165

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000166

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000167

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000168

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000169

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000170

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must require the change of at least 15 of the total number of characters when passwords are changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the application allows the user to consecutively reuse extensive portions of passwords, this increases the chances of pass...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000171

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • For container platform using password authentication, the application must store only cryptographic representations of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000172

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • For accounts using password authentication, the container platform must use FIPS-validated SHA-2 or later protocol to protect the integrity of the password authentication process.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected on entry, in transmission, during authentication, and when stored. If compromised at any of th...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000173

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must enforce 24 hours (one day) as the minimum password lifetime.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforce...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000174

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed at specific intervals...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000177

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must map the authenticated identity to the individual user or group account for PKI-based authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The container platform and its components may require authentication before use. When the authentication is PKI-based, the co...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000178

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The container platform must obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation/use by unauthorized individuals.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To prevent the compromise of authentication information such as passwords during the authentication process, the feedback fro...
    Rule Medium Severity

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