STIGQter STIGQter: STIG Summary:

Container Platform Security Requirements Guide

Version: 2

Release: 4 Benchmark Date: 28 Oct 2025

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SV-233015r960759_ruleThe container platform must use TLS 1.2 or greater for secure container image transport from trusted sources.
SV-233016r960759_ruleThe container platform must use TLS 1.2 or greater for secure communication.
SV-233019r1043176_ruleThe container platform must use a centralized user management solution to support account management functions.
SV-233020r960771_ruleThe container platform must automatically remove or disable temporary user accounts after 72 hours.
SV-233021r960774_ruleThe container platform must automatically disable accounts after a 35-day period of account inactivity.
SV-233022r960777_ruleThe container platform must automatically audit account creation.
SV-233023r960780_ruleThe container platform must automatically audit account modification.
SV-233024r960783_ruleThe container platform must automatically audit account-disabling actions.
SV-233025r960786_ruleThe container platform must automatically audit account removal actions.
SV-233026r1137638_ruleLeast privilege access and need-to-know must be required to access the container platform registry.
SV-233027r1137639_ruleLeast privilege access and need-to-know must be required to access the container platform runtime.
SV-233028r1137640_ruleLeast privilege access and need-to-know must be required to access the container platform keystore.
SV-233029r1137641_ruleThe container platform must enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of information within the container platform based on organization-defined information flow control policies.
SV-233030r1137642_ruleThe container platform must enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of information between interconnected systems and services based on organization-defined information flow control policies.
SV-233031r960840_ruleThe container platform must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during a 15-minute time period.
SV-233032r960843_ruleThe container platform must display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to platform components.
SV-233033r960846_ruleThe container platform must retain the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner on the screen until users acknowledge the usage and conditions and take explicit actions to log on for further access.
SV-233038r960879_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records for all DoD-defined auditable events within all components in the platform.
SV-233039r960882_ruleThe container platform must allow only the ISSM (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited.
SV-233040r960885_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access privileges occur.
SV-233041r960888_ruleThe container platform must initiate session auditing upon startup.
SV-233042r960891_ruleAll audit records must identify what type of event has occurred within the container platform.
SV-233043r960894_ruleThe container platform audit records must have a date and time association with all events.
SV-233044r960897_ruleAll audit records must identify where in the container platform the event occurred.
SV-233045r960900_ruleAll audit records must identify the source of the event within the container platform.
SV-233046r960903_ruleAll audit records must generate the event results within the container platform.
SV-233047r960906_ruleAll audit records must identify any users associated with the event within the container platform.
SV-233048r960906_ruleAll audit records must identify any containers associated with the event within the container platform.
SV-233049r960909_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records containing the full-text recording of privileged commands or the individual identities of group account users.
SV-233052r960918_ruleThe container platform components must provide the ability to send audit logs to a central enterprise repository for review and analysis.
SV-233055r960927_ruleThe container platform must use internal system clocks to generate audit record time stamps.
SV-233056r960930_ruleThe container platform must protect audit information from any type of unauthorized read access.
SV-233057r960933_ruleThe container platform must protect audit information from unauthorized modification.
SV-233058r960936_ruleThe container platform must protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.
SV-233059r960939_ruleThe container platform must protect audit tools from unauthorized access.
SV-233060r960942_ruleThe container platform must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.
SV-233061r960945_ruleThe container platform must protect audit tools from unauthorized deletion.
SV-233063r960951_ruleThe container platform must use FIPS validated cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of log information.
SV-233064r981843_ruleThe container platform must be built from verified packages.
SV-233065r981844_ruleThe container platform must verify container images.
SV-233066r960960_ruleThe container platform must limit privileges to the container platform registry.
SV-233067r960960_ruleThe container platform must limit privileges to the container platform runtime.
SV-233068r960960_ruleThe container platform must limit privileges to the container platform keystore.
SV-233069r960960_ruleConfiguration files for the container platform must be protected.
SV-233070r960960_ruleAuthentication files for the container platform must be protected.
SV-233071r960963_ruleThe container platform must be configured with only essential configurations.
SV-233072r960963_ruleThe container platform registry must contain only container images for those capabilities being offered by the container platform.
SV-233073r1043177_ruleThe container platform runtime must enforce ports, protocols, and services that adhere to the PPSM CAL.
SV-233074r1043177_ruleThe container platform runtime must enforce the use of ports that are non-privileged.
SV-233075r1051115_ruleThe container platform must uniquely identify and authenticate users.
SV-233076r1051115_ruleThe container platform application program interface (API) must uniquely identify and authenticate users.
SV-233077r1051115_ruleThe container platform must uniquely identify and authenticate processes acting on behalf of the users.
SV-233078r1051115_ruleThe container platform application program interface (API) must uniquely identify and authenticate processes acting on behalf of the users.
SV-233079r960972_ruleThe container platform must use multifactor authentication for network access to privileged accounts.
SV-233080r960975_ruleThe container platform must use multifactor authentication for network access to non-privileged accounts.
SV-233081r981845_ruleThe container platform must use multifactor authentication for local access to privileged accounts.
SV-233082r981848_ruleThe container platform must use multifactor authentication for local access to nonprivileged accounts.
SV-233083r981849_ruleThe container platform must ensure users are authenticated with an individual authenticator prior to using a group authenticator.
SV-233084r960993_ruleThe container platform must use FIPS-validated SHA-1 or higher hash function to provide replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts.
SV-233085r981852_ruleThe container platform must implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to nonprivileged accounts.
SV-233086r960999_ruleThe container platform must uniquely identify all network-connected nodes before establishing any connection.
SV-233087r981853_ruleThe container platform must disable identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity.
SV-233088r981854_ruleThe container platform must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
SV-233090r981856_ruleThe container platform must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.
SV-233091r981857_ruleThe container platform must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.
SV-233092r981858_ruleThe container platform must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.
SV-233093r981859_ruleThe container platform must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.
SV-233094r1107119_ruleThe container platform must require the change of at least eight of the total number of characters when passwords are changed.
SV-233095r981861_ruleFor container platform using password authentication, the application must store only cryptographic representations of passwords.
SV-233096r961029_ruleFor accounts using password authentication, the container platform must use FIPS-validated SHA-2 or later protocol to protect the integrity of the password authentication process.
SV-233097r981862_ruleThe container platform must enforce 24 hours (one day) as the minimum password lifetime.
SV-233098r1043190_ruleThe container platform must enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.
SV-233101r961044_ruleThe container platform must map the authenticated identity to the individual user or group account for PKI-based authentication.
SV-233102r961047_ruleThe container platform must obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation/use by unauthorized individuals.
SV-233105r961056_ruleThe container platform must provide an audit reduction capability that supports on-demand reporting requirements.
SV-233106r961062_ruleThe container platform must employ strong authenticators in the establishment of non-local maintenance and diagnostic sessions.
SV-233108r961068_ruleThe application must terminate all network connections associated with a communications session at the end of the session, or as follows: for in-band management sessions (privileged sessions), the session must be terminated after 10 minutes of inactivity.
SV-233114r1137643_ruleThe container platform must separate user functionality (including user interface services) from information system management functionality.
SV-233118r1043178_ruleThe container platform must protect authenticity of communications sessions with the use of FIPS-validated 140-2 or 140-3 security requirements for cryptographic modules.
SV-233122r961122_ruleThe container platform runtime must fail to a secure state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.
SV-233123r961125_ruleThe container platform must preserve any information necessary to determine the cause of the disruption or failure.
SV-233125r961131_ruleThe container platform runtime must isolate security functions from non-security functions.
SV-233126r971528_ruleThe container platform must never automatically remove or disable emergency accounts.
SV-233127r1137644_ruleThe container platform must prohibit containers from accessing privileged resources.
SV-233128r1137645_ruleThe container platform must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources.
SV-233129r961152_ruleThe container platform must restrict individuals' ability to launch organizationally defined denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against other information systems.
SV-233133r961167_ruleThe container platform must generate error messages that provide information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.
SV-233142r961206_ruleThe container platform must use cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit tools.
SV-233143r981871_ruleThe container platform must notify system administrators (SAs) and the information system security officer (ISSO) when accounts are created.
SV-233144r981872_ruleThe container platform must notify system administrators (SAs) and the information system security officer (ISSO) when accounts are modified.
SV-233145r981873_ruleThe container platform must notify system administrators and ISSO for account disabling actions.
SV-233146r981874_ruleThe container platform must notify system administrators and ISSO for account removal actions.
SV-233149r961227_ruleAccess to the container platform must display an explicit logout message to user indicating the reliable termination of authenticated communication sessions.
SV-233155r981875_ruleThe container platform must terminate shared/group account credentials when members leave the group.
SV-233157r961290_ruleThe container platform must automatically audit account-enabling actions.
SV-233158r981878_ruleThe container platform must notify the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO) of account enabling actions.
SV-233162r961353_ruleThe container platform must prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.
SV-233163r961359_ruleContainer images instantiated by the container platform must execute using least privileges.
SV-233164r961362_ruleThe container platform must audit the execution of privileged functions.
SV-233165r961368_ruleThe container platform must automatically lock an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful login attempts in 15 minutes are exceeded.
SV-233166r961863_ruleThe container platform must provide the configuration for organization-identified individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed on all components, based on all selectable event criteria within organization-defined time thresholds.
SV-233168r961392_ruleThe container platform must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.
SV-233169r961395_ruleAudit records must be stored at a secondary location.
SV-233170r961398_ruleThe container platform must provide an immediate warning to the SA and ISSO (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of repository maximum audit record storage capacity.
SV-233171r961401_ruleThe container platform must provide an immediate real-time alert to the SA and ISSO, at a minimum, of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.
SV-233181r961443_ruleAll audit records must use UTC or GMT time stamps.
SV-233182r961446_ruleThe container platform must record time stamps for audit records that meet a granularity of one second for a minimum degree of precision.
SV-233184r981884_ruleThe container platform must prohibit the installation of patches and updates without explicit privileged status.
SV-233185r981885_ruleThe container platform runtime must prohibit the instantiation of container images without explicit privileged status.
SV-233186r981888_ruleThe container platform registry must prohibit installation or modification of container images without explicit privileged status.
SV-233188r961461_ruleThe container platform must enforce access restrictions for container platform configuration changes.
SV-233189r981889_ruleThe container platform must enforce access restrictions and support auditing of the enforcement actions.
SV-233190r961470_ruleAll non-essential, unnecessary, and unsecure DoD ports, protocols, and services must be disabled in the container platform.
SV-233191r961473_ruleThe container platform must prevent component execution in accordance with organization-defined policies regarding software program usage and restrictions, and/or rules authorizing the terms and conditions of software program usage.
SV-233192r961479_ruleThe container platform registry must employ a deny-all, permit-by-exception (whitelist) policy to allow only authorized container images in the container platform.
SV-233193r1050787_ruleThe container platform must require users to reauthenticate when organization-defined circumstances or situations require reauthentication.
SV-233195r961494_ruleThe container platform must be configured to use multi-factor authentication for user authentication.
SV-233200r961521_ruleThe container platform must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.
SV-233201r981893_ruleThe container platform, for PKI-based authentication, must implement a local cache of revocation data to support path discovery and validation in case of the inability to access revocation information via the network.
SV-233202r961527_ruleThe container platform must accept Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials from other federal agencies.
SV-233206r961548_ruleThe container platform must audit non-local maintenance and diagnostic sessions' organization-defined audit events associated with non-local maintenance.
SV-233207r961554_ruleContainer platform applications and Application Program Interfaces (API) used for nonlocal maintenance sessions must use FIPS-validated keyed-hash message authentication code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic communications.
SV-233208r961557_ruleThe container platform must configure web management tools and Application Program Interfaces (API) with FIPS-validated Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher block algorithm to protect the confidentiality of maintenance and diagnostic communications for nonlocal maintenance sessions.
SV-233210r961563_ruleVulnerability scanning applications must implement privileged access authorization to all container platform components, containers, and container images for selected organization-defined vulnerability scanning activities.
SV-233211r961863_ruleThe container platform must implement NSA-approved cryptography to protect classified information in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards.
SV-233220r1050650_ruleThe container platform keystore must implement encryption to prevent unauthorized disclosure of information at rest within the container platform.
SV-233221r1137646_ruleThe container platform runtime must maintain separate execution domains for each container by assigning each container a separate address space.
SV-233222r961620_ruleThe container platform must protect against or limit the effects of all types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by employing organization-defined security safeguards.
SV-233224r961632_ruleThe application must protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted information.
SV-233226r961638_ruleThe container platform must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during preparation for transmission.
SV-233227r961641_ruleThe container platform must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during reception.
SV-233228r961656_ruleThe container platform must behave in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives when invalid inputs are received.
SV-233229r961665_ruleThe container platform must implement organization-defined security safeguards to protect system CPU and memory from resource depletion and unauthorized code execution.
SV-233230r961677_ruleThe container platform must remove old components after updated versions have been installed.
SV-233231r961677_ruleThe container platform registry must remove old container images after updating versions have been made available.
SV-233233r1137649_ruleThe container platform registry must contain the latest images with most recent security-relevant software updates within 30 days unless the time period is directed by an authoritative source (e.g., IAVM, CTOs, DTMs, STIGs).
SV-233234r1137650_ruleThe container platform runtime must have security-relevant software updates installed within 30 days unless the time period is directed by an authoritative source (e.g., IAVM, CTOs, DTMs, and STIGs).
SV-233242r961731_ruleThe organization-defined role must verify correct operation of security functions in the container platform.
SV-233243r961734_ruleThe container platform must perform verification of the correct operation of security functions: upon system startup and/or restart; upon command by a user with privileged access; and/or every 30 days. Security functionality includes, but is not limited to, establishing system accounts, configuring access authorizations (i.e., permissions, privileges), setting events to be audited, and setting intrusion detection parameters.
SV-233244r961737_ruleThe container platform must provide system notifications to the system administrator and operational staff when anomalies in the operation of the organization-defined security functions are discovered.
SV-233252r961791_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access security objects occur.
SV-233253r961794_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access security levels occur.
SV-233254r961797_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur.
SV-233255r961800_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify privileges occur.
SV-233256r961803_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.
SV-233257r961806_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify security levels occur.
SV-233258r961809_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to modify categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur.
SV-233259r961812_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete privileges occur.
SV-233260r961815_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete security levels occur.
SV-233261r961818_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete security objects occur.
SV-233262r961821_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to delete categories of information (e.g., classification levels) occur.
SV-233263r961824_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.
SV-233264r961827_ruleThe container platform must generate audit record for privileged activities.
SV-233265r961830_ruleThe container platform audit records must record user access start and end times.
SV-233266r961833_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records when concurrent logons from different workstations and systems occur.
SV-233267r961836_ruleThe container platform runtime must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access objects occur.
SV-233268r961839_ruleDirect access to the container platform must generate audit records.
SV-233269r961842_ruleThe container platform must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events.
SV-233270r961845_ruleThe container runtime must generate audit records for all container execution, shutdown, restart events, and program initiations.
SV-233271r1137647_ruleThe container platform must use a valid FIPS 140-2 or FIPS 140-3 approved cryptographic module to generate hashes.
SV-233273r961863_ruleContainer platform components must be configured in accordance with the security configuration settings based on DoD security configuration or implementation guidance, including SRGs, STIGs, NSA configuration guides, CTOs, and DTMs.
SV-233274r961863_ruleThe container platform must be able to store and instantiate industry standard container images.
SV-233275r961863_ruleThe container platform must continuously scan components, containers, and images for vulnerabilities.
SV-233276r961869_ruleThe container platform must prohibit communication using TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1, and SSL 2.0 and 3.0.
SV-233284r961893_ruleThe container platform must validate certificates used for Transport Layer Security (TLS) functions by performing an RFC 5280-compliant certification path validation.
SV-233285r961896_ruleThe container platform must use FIPS-validated SHA-2 or higher hash function for digital signature generation and verification (non-legacy use).
SV-233289r1137648_ruleThe container platform must use a FIPS-validated cryptographic module to implement encryption services for unclassified information requiring confidentiality.
SV-233290r961911_ruleThe container platform must prohibit or restrict the use of protocols that transmit unencrypted authentication information or use flawed cryptographic algorithms for transmission.
SV-257291r961287_ruleThe container platform must enforce organization-defined circumstances and/or usage conditions for organization-defined accounts.
SV-263586r982453_ruleThe container platform must disable accounts when the accounts are no longer associated to a user.
SV-263587r982455_ruleThe container platform must implement the capability to centrally review and analyze audit records from multiple components within the system.
SV-263588r982457_ruleThe container platform must alert organization-defined personnel or roles upon detection of unauthorized access, modification, or deletion of audit information.
SV-263589r981907_ruleThe container platform must implement multifactor authentication for local; network; and/or remote access to privileged accounts; and/or nonprivileged accounts such that one of the factors is provided by a device separate from the system gaining access.
SV-263590r981910_ruleThe container platform must implement multifactor authentication for local; network; and/or remote access to privileged accounts; and/or nonprivileged accounts such that the device meets organization-defined strength of mechanism requirements.
SV-263591r981913_ruleThe container platform must for password-based authentication, maintain a list of commonly used, expected, or compromised passwords on an organization-defined frequency.
SV-263592r982459_ruleThe container platform must for password-based authentication, update the list of passwords on an organization-defined frequency.
SV-263593r982461_ruleThe container platform must for password-based authentication, update the list of passwords when organizational passwords are suspected to have been compromised directly or indirectly.
SV-263594r982463_ruleThe container platform must for password-based authentication, verify when users create or update passwords, that the passwords are not found on the list of commonly-used, expected, or compromised passwords in IA-5 (1) (a).
SV-263595r982465_ruleThe container platform must for password-based authentication, require immediate selection of a new password upon account recovery.
SV-263596r982467_ruleThe container platform must for password-based authentication, allow user selection of long passwords and passphrases, including spaces and all printable characters.
SV-263597r982469_ruleThe container platform must for password-based authentication, employ automated tools to assist the user in selecting strong password authenticators.
SV-263598r982471_ruleThe container platform must protect nonlocal maintenance sessions by separating the maintenance session from other network sessions with the system by logically separated communications paths.
SV-263599r982473_ruleThe container platform must include only approved trust anchors in trust stores or certificate stores managed by the organization.
SV-263600r982475_ruleThe container platform must provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store.
SV-263601r982477_ruleThe container platform must synchronize system clocks within and between systems or system components.
SV-270875r1050646_ruleThe container must have resource request limits set.
SV-270876r1050649_ruleThe container root filesystem must be mounted as read-only.
SV-278968r1137653_ruleThe container platform must be a version supported by the vendor.