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V-216355CAT I — High severitySV-216355r959010_rule

Login must not be permitted with empty/null passwords for SSH.

Rule version SOL-11.1-040370 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-19

Discussion

Permitting login without a password is inherently risky.

Check

Determine if empty/null passwords are allowed for the SSH service.

# grep "^PermitEmptyPasswords" /etc/ssh/sshd_config

If the output of this command is not:

PermitEmptyPasswords no

this is a finding.

Fix

The root role is required.

Modify the sshd_config file

# pfedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Locate the line containing:

PermitEmptyPasswords

Change it to:

PermitEmptyPasswords no

Restart the SSH service.

# svcadm restart svc:/network/ssh

Identifiers

Group ID
V-216355
Group title
SRG-OS-000480
Rule ID
SV-216355r959010_rule
Check ID
C-17591r371153_chk
Fix ID
F-17589r371154_fix