STIGUI
V-207394CAT II — Medium severitySV-207394r958498_rule

The VMM must uniquely identify peripherals before establishing a connection.

Rule version SRG-OS-000114-VMM-000580 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-04

Discussion

Without identifying devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity.

Peripherals include, but are not limited to, such devices as flash drives, external storage, and printers, whether physical or virtual.

Check

Verify the VMM uniquely identifies peripherals before establishing a connection.

If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the VMM to uniquely identify peripherals before establishing a connection.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-207394
Group title
SRG-OS-000114
Rule ID
SV-207394r958498_rule
Check ID
C-7651r365592_chk
Fix ID
F-7651r365593_fix