The CA-TSS PPHIST Control Option must be properly set.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-223891 | SRG-OS-000077-GPOS-00045 | TSS0-ES-000180 | SV-223891r998492_rule | 2026-03-09 | 9 |
Description
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.
ℹ️ Check
From the ISPF Command Shell enter:
TSS MODIFY STATUS
If the PPHIST Control Option conforms to the following requirements, this is not a finding.
PPHIST(10-64)
✔️ Fix
Configure the PPHIST Control Option value to conforms to the following requirements:
PPHIST(10-64)
Example:
TSS MODIFY PPHIST(10)