STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Secure Token Service (STS) Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

The vCenter STS service must be configured to fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails.

DISA Rule

SV-258980r961122_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-258980

Group Title

SRG-APP-000225-AS-000166

Rule Version

VCST-80-000062

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001190 - Fail to an organization-defined known-system state for the following failures on the indicated components while preserving organization-defined system state information in failure.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/catalina.properties

Add or change the following line:

org.apache.catalina.startup.EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE=true

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart sts

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At the command line, run the following command:

# grep EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/catalina.properties

Example result:

org.apache.catalina.startup.EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE=true

If there are no results, or if the "org.apache.catalina.startup.EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE" is not set to "true", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-258980

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCST-80-000062

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, run the following command:

# grep EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/catalina.properties

Example result:

org.apache.catalina.startup.EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE=true

If there are no results, or if the "org.apache.catalina.startup.EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE" is not set to "true", this is a finding.

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Target Key

5567