STIGUI
V-233090CAT II — Medium severitySV-233090r981856_rule

The container platform must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

Rule version SRG-APP-000166-CTR-000410 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks.

Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password is, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.

Check

Review the container platform configuration to determine if it enforces password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

If the container platform does not enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the container platform to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-233090
Group title
SRG-APP-000166
Rule ID
SV-233090r981856_rule
Check ID
C-36026r601724_chk
Fix ID
F-35994r600758_fix