STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 7.0 Virtual Machine Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 4 Benchmark Date: 30 Jan 2025:

Use of the virtual machine (VM) console must be minimized.

DISA Rule

SV-256469r959010_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-256469

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

Rule Version

VMCH-70-000021

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

CCI-000366 - Implement the security configuration settings.

Weight

Fix Recommendation

Develop a policy prohibiting the use of a VM console for performing management services.

This policy should include procedures for the use of SSH and Terminal Management services for VM management.

Where SSH and Terminal Management services prove insufficient to troubleshoot a VM, access to the VM console may be granted temporarily.

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Remote management services, such as terminal services and Secure Shell (SSH), must be used to interact with VMs.

VM console access should only be granted when remote management services are unavailable or insufficient to perform necessary management tasks.

Ask the system administrator if a VM console is used to perform VM management tasks other than for troubleshooting VM issues.

If a VM console is used to perform VM management tasks other than for troubleshooting VM issues, this is a finding.

If SSH and/or terminal management services are exclusively used to perform management tasks, this is not a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-256469

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VMCH-70-000021

Severity Override Guidance

Check Content Reference

Target Key

5519