ESXI-06-000006 - The system must enforce the unlock timeout of 15 minutes after a user account is locked out.

Information

By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.

Solution

From the vSphere Client select the ESXi Host and go to Configuration >> Advanced Settings. Select the Security.AccountUnlockTime value and configure it to 900.

or

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

Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name Security.AccountUnlockTime | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value 900

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMware_vSphere_6-0_ESXi_V1R5_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-7b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002238, Group-ID|V-63181, Rule-ID|SV-77671r1_rule, STIG-ID|ESXI-06-000006, Vuln-ID|V-63181

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: 56aa08b7ef3e2631d1250e564c8a8423fecf1dc2e7c16dae968f86aed5ef4149