STIGUI
V-233092CAT II — Medium severitySV-233092r981858_rule

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

Rule version SRG-APP-000168-CTR-000420 · 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, 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 numeric character be used.

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

Fix

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

Identifiers

Group ID
V-233092
Group title
SRG-APP-000168
Rule ID
SV-233092r981858_rule
Check ID
C-36028r601728_chk
Fix ID
F-35996r600764_fix