STIGQter: STIG Summary: Nutanix Acropolis GPOS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 26 Jan 2026:

Nutanix OS must automatically remove or disable temporary user accounts after 72 hours.

DISA Rule

SV-279539r1192552_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-279539

Group Title

SRG-OS-000002-GPOS-00002

Rule Version

NXAC-OS-000016

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000016 - Automatically remove or disable temporary and emergency accounts after an organization-defined time-period for each type of account.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

If a temporary account must be created, configure the system to terminate the account after a 72-hour time period using the following command.

sudo chage -E `date -d "+3 days" +%Y-%m-%d` system_account_name

Check Contents

Verify temporary accounts have been provisioned with an expiration date of 72 hours.

1. For every existing temporary account, run the following command to obtain its account expiration information:

$ sudo chage -l system_account_name

2. Verify each account has an expiration date set within 72 hours.

If any temporary accounts have no expiration date set or do not expire within 72 hours, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-279539

Documentable

False

Rule Version

NXAC-OS-000016

Severity Override Guidance

Verify temporary accounts have been provisioned with an expiration date of 72 hours.

1. For every existing temporary account, run the following command to obtain its account expiration information:

$ sudo chage -l system_account_name

2. Verify each account has an expiration date set within 72 hours.

If any temporary accounts have no expiration date set or do not expire within 72 hours, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5730