STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 4 Benchmark Date: 30 Jan 2025:

The Photon operating system must limit the number of concurrent sessions to 10 for all accounts and/or account types.

DISA Rule

SV-256481r958398_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-256481

Group Title

SRG-OS-000027-GPOS-00008

Rule Version

PHTN-30-000004

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000054 - Limit the number of concurrent sessions for each organization-defined account and/or account type to an organization-defined number.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

At the command line, run the following command:

# echo '* hard maxlogins 10' >> /etc/security/limits.conf

Check Contents

At the command line, run the following command:

# grep "^[^#].*maxlogins.*" /etc/security/limits.conf

Expected result:

* hard maxlogins 10

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Note: The expected result may be repeated multiple times.

Vulnerability Number

V-256481

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-30-000004

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, run the following command:

# grep "^[^#].*maxlogins.*" /etc/security/limits.conf

Expected result:

* hard maxlogins 10

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Note: The expected result may be repeated multiple times.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5520