STIGUI
V-207432CAT II — Medium severitySV-207432r958636_rule

The VMM must automatically terminate a user session after inactivity timeouts have expired or at shutdown.

Rule version SRG-OS-000279-VMM-001010 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-04

Discussion

Automatic session termination addresses the termination of user-initiated logical sessions in contrast to the termination of network connections that are associated with communications sessions (i.e., network disconnect). A logical session (for local, network, and remote access) is initiated whenever a user (or process acting on behalf of a user) accesses a VMM. Such user sessions can be terminated (and thus terminate user access) without terminating network sessions.

Session termination terminates all processes associated with a user's logical session except those processes that are specifically created by the user (i.e., session owner) to continue after the session is terminated.

Check

Verify the VMM automatically terminates a user session after inactivity timeouts have expired or at shutdown.

If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the VMM to automatically terminate a user session after inactivity timeouts have expired or at shutdown.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-207432
Group title
SRG-OS-000279
Rule ID
SV-207432r958636_rule
Check ID
C-7689r365706_chk
Fix ID
F-7689r365707_fix