STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Perfcharts Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

The vCenter Perfcharts service cookies must have secure flag set.

DISA Rule

SV-259072r1137578_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-259072

Group Title

SRG-APP-000033-AS-000024

Rule Version

VCPF-80-000005

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000213 - Enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/webapps/statsreport/WEB-INF/web.xml

Navigate to the <session-config> node and configure the <secure> setting as follows:

<session-config>
<session-timeout>6</session-timeout>
<cookie-config>
<http-only>true</http-only>
<secure>true</secure>
</cookie-config>
</session-config>

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart perfcharts

Check Contents

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# xmllint --format /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/webapps/statsreport/WEB-INF/web.xml | sed 's/xmlns=".*"//g' | xmllint --xpath '/web-app/session-config/cookie-config/secure' -

Expected result:

<secure>true</secure>

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

Vulnerability Number

V-259072

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCPF-80-000005

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# xmllint --format /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/webapps/statsreport/WEB-INF/web.xml | sed 's/xmlns=".*"//g' | xmllint --xpath '/web-app/session-config/cookie-config/secure' -

Expected result:

<secure>true</secure>

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

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5566