STIGUI
V-233165CAT II — Medium severitySV-233165r961368_rule

The container platform must automatically lock an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful login attempts in 15 minutes are exceeded.

Rule version SRG-APP-000345-CTR-000785 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

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

Check

Determine if the container platform is configured to automatically lock an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful login attempts in 15 minutes are exceeded.

If the container platform is not configured to lock the account, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the container platform to automatically lock an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful login attempts in 15 minutes are exceeded.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-233165
Group title
SRG-APP-000345
Rule ID
SV-233165r961368_rule
Check ID
C-36101r601766_chk
Fix ID
F-36069r600983_fix