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 set an inactive timeout for sessions.

DISA Rule

SV-259083r1210410_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-259083

Group Title

SRG-APP-000295-AS-000263

Rule Version

VCPF-80-000070

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

CCI-004895 - Permit users to invoke the trusted communications path for communications between the user and the organization-defined security functions, including at a minimum, authentication and re-authentication.
CCI-002361 - Automatically terminate a user session after organization-defined conditions or trigger events requiring session disconnect.

Weight

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 <session-timeout> 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/session-timeout' -

Example result:

<session-timeout>30</session-timeout>

If the value of "session-timeout" is not "30" or less, or is missing, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-259083

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCPF-80-000070

Severity Override Guidance

Check Content Reference

Target Key

5566