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V-256680CAT II — Medium severitySV-256680r984351_rule

ESX Agent Manager application files must be verified for their integrity.

Rule version VCEM-70-000008 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-10

Discussion

Verifying that ESX Agent Manager application code is unchanged from its shipping state is essential for file validation and nonrepudiation of the ESX Agent Manager. There is no reason the MD5 hash of the RPM original files should be changed after installation, excluding configuration files.

Satisfies: SRG-APP-000131-WSR-000051, SRG-APP-000357-WSR-000150

Check

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rpm -V vmware-eam|grep "^..5......" | grep -v 'c /' | grep -v -E ".installer|.properties|.xml"

If there is any output, this is a finding.

Fix

Reinstall the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) or roll back to a backup. Modifying the EAM installation files manually is not supported by VMware.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-256680
Group title
SRG-APP-000131-WSR-000051
Rule ID
SV-256680r984351_rule
Check ID
C-60355r918903_chk
Fix ID
F-60298r888595_fix