STIGUI
V-207373CAT II — Medium severitySV-207373r984194_rule

The VMM must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

Rule version SRG-OS-000070-VMM-000370 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-04

Discussion

Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks.

Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.

Check

Verify the VMM enforces password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the VMM to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-207373
Group title
SRG-OS-000070
Rule ID
SV-207373r984194_rule
Check ID
C-7630r984192_chk
Fix ID
F-7630r984193_fix