The HP FlexFabric Switch must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-230167 | SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000317 | HFFS-ND-000054 | SV-230167r1113775_rule | 2025-06-12 | 1 |
Description
Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks.
To meet password policy requirements, passwords need to be changed at specific policy-based intervals.
If the HP FlexFabric Switch allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements.
ℹ️ Check
Determine if the HP FlexFabric Switch prohibits password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
[HP] display password-control
Global password control configurations:
Password control: Enabled
Password aging: Enabled (60 days)
Password length: Enabled (15 characters)
Password composition: Enabled (1 types, 1 characters per type)
Password history: Enabled (max history records: 4)
If the HP FlexFabric Switch does not have password control enabled and does not prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Configure the HP FlexFabric Switch server to prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
[HP] password-control enable
[HP] password-control history 5