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 must disable stack tracing.

DISA Rule

SV-259077r960963_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-259077

Group Title

SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

Rule Version

VCPF-80-000036

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000381 - Configure the system to provide only organization-defined mission essential capabilities.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/conf/server.xml

Navigate to and locate:

'allowTrace="true"'

Remove the 'allowTrace="true"' setting.

Note: If "allowTrace" is not present, it defaults to "false".

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart perfcharts

Check Contents

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# xmllint --xpath "//Connector[@allowTrace = 'true']" /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/conf/server.xml

Expected result:

XPath set is empty

If any connectors are returned, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-259077

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCPF-80-000036

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# xmllint --xpath "//Connector[@allowTrace = 'true']" /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/conf/server.xml

Expected result:

XPath set is empty

If any connectors are returned, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5566