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V-223508CAT II — Medium severitySV-223508r1225972_rule

ACF2 PSWD GSO record value must be set to prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations or more.

Rule version ACF2-ES-000910 · STIG v9 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. If the information system or application 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.

Check

From an ACF command screen enter: SET CONTROL(GSO) LIST PSWD

If "PSWDXHIST" is not specified, this is a finding.

If "PSWDXHIST#" is set to "5" or greater, this is not a finding.

Fix

Configure Password option "PSWXHST" is coded and "PSWXHST#" is "5" or greater.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223508
Group title
SRG-OS-000077-GPOS-00045
Rule ID
SV-223508r1225972_rule
Check ID
C-25181r1001118_chk
Fix ID
F-25169r500658_fix