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V-254912CAT II — Medium severitySV-254912r1015865_rule

Tanium must enforce 24 hours/one day as the minimum password lifetime.

Rule version TANS-AP-000470 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-11

Discussion

Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforcement requirement.

Check

Console Users:

Per guidance, Enterprise Console users are inherited via LDAP synchronization as such passwords are not managed or enforced at the Tanium application level.

Local TanOS account:

1. Access the Tanium Server interactively.

2. Log on to the TanOS server with the tanadmin role.

3. Press "C" for "User Administration Menu," and then press "Enter".

4. Press "L" for " Local Tanium User Management," and then press "Enter".

5. Press "B" for " Security Policy Local Authentication Service," and then press "Enter".

If the value of "Password Minimum Age (days):" is greater than "1", this is a finding.

Fix

Console Users:

Per guidance, Enterprise Console users are inherited via LDAP synchronization as such passwords are not managed or enforced at the Tanium application level.

Local TanOS account:

1. Access the Tanium Server interactively.

2. Log on to the TanOS server with the tanadmin role.

3. Press "C" for "User Administration Menu," and then press "Enter".

4. Press "L" for "Local Tanium User Management," and then press "Enter".

5. Press "B" for "Security Policy Local Authentication Service," and then press "Enter".

6. Type "yes" and press "Enter".

7. Input the following settings, pressing "Enter" after every value: a) Minimum Password Lifetime - 1 b) Maximum Password Lifetime - 60 c) Minimum Password Length - 15 d) Minimum Password History - 5 e) Password Lockout - TRUE f) Maximum Password Attempts - 3

8. Type "yes" to accept the new password policy.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-254912
Group title
SRG-APP-000173
Rule ID
SV-254912r1015865_rule
Check ID
C-58525r867634_chk
Fix ID
F-58469r867635_fix