The ESXi host must not suppress warnings that the local or remote shell sessions are enabled.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-258777 | SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000 | ESXI-80-000222 | SV-258777r933392_rule | 2023-10-11 | 1 |
| Description |
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| Warnings that local or remote shell sessions are enabled alert administrators to activity they may not be aware of and need to investigate. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters. Select the ESXi Host >> Configure >> System >> Advanced System Settings. Select the "UserVars.SuppressShellWarning" value and verify it is set to "0". or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host, run the following command: Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name UserVars.SuppressShellWarning If the "UserVars.SuppressShellWarning" setting is not set to "0", this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters. Select the ESXi Host >> Configure >> System >> Advanced System Settings. Click "Edit". Select the "UserVars.SuppressShellWarning" value and configure it to "0". or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host, run the following command: Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name UserVars.SuppressShellWarning | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value 0 |