STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance ESX Agent Manager (EAM) Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must limit privileges for creating or modifying hosted application shared files.

DISA Rule

SV-259008r960960_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-259008

Group Title

SRG-APP-000133-AS-000092

Rule Version

VCEM-80-000034

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

CCI-001499 - Limit privileges to change software resident within software libraries.

Weight

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-eam/web/conf/server.xml

Navigate to the <Server> node and add or update the "org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityListener" as follows:

<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityListener"/>

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart eam

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At the command prompt, run the following command:

# xmllint --xpath '/Server/Listener[@className="org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityListener"]' /usr/lib/vmware-eam/web/conf/server.xml

Example result:

<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityListener"/>

If the "org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityListener" listener is not present, this is a finding.

If the "org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityListener" listener is configured with a "minimumUmask" and is not "0007", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-259008

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCEM-80-000034

Severity Override Guidance

Check Content Reference

Target Key

5564