STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 24 Jul 2024:

The manufacturer’s default passwords must be changed for all Hardware Management Console (HMC) Management software.

DISA Rule

SV-256875r1001086_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-256875

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

HMC0080

Severity

CAT I

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - Implement the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

The System Administrator must logon to the HMC and validate that all Default Passwords have been changed.

User ID Default Password
OPERATOR PASSWORD
ADVANCED PASSWORD
SYSPROG PASSWORD
ACSADMIN PASSWORD

Default user IDs and passwords are established as part of a base HMC. The System Administrator must assign new user IDs and passwords for each user and remove the default user IDs as soon as the HMC is installed by using the User Profiles task or the Manage Users Wizard.

Go to task Modify User, select user, select Modify and enter and confirm new password.

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Have the System Administrator logon to the HMC and validate that all default passwords have been changed.

Go to task Modify User, select user, select Modify and enter and confirm new password.

User ID Default Password
• OPERATOR PASSWORD
• ADVANCED PASSWORD
• SYSPROG PASSWORD
• ACSADMIN PASSWORD

The System Administrator is to validate that each user has his/her own user ID and password and that sharing of user-IDs and passwords is not permitted.

Default user IDs and passwords are established as part of a base HMC. The System Administrator must assign new user IDs and passwords for each user and remove the default user IDs as soon as the HMC is installed by using the User Profiles task or the Manage Users Wizard.

If all the default passwords have not been changed, and each user is not assigned a separate user ID and password, then this is a FINDING

Vulnerability Number

V-256875

Documentable

False

Rule Version

HMC0080

Severity Override Guidance

Have the System Administrator logon to the HMC and validate that all default passwords have been changed.

Go to task Modify User, select user, select Modify and enter and confirm new password.

User ID Default Password
• OPERATOR PASSWORD
• ADVANCED PASSWORD
• SYSPROG PASSWORD
• ACSADMIN PASSWORD

The System Administrator is to validate that each user has his/her own user ID and password and that sharing of user-IDs and passwords is not permitted.

Default user IDs and passwords are established as part of a base HMC. The System Administrator must assign new user IDs and passwords for each user and remove the default user IDs as soon as the HMC is installed by using the User Profiles task or the Manage Users Wizard.

If all the default passwords have not been changed, and each user is not assigned a separate user ID and password, then this is a FINDING

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5533