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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance User Interface (UI) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version: 2

Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026

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SV-259104r960735_ruleThe vCenter UI service must limit the number of maximum concurrent connections permitted.
SV-259105r1137578_ruleThe vCenter UI service cookies must have secure flag set.
SV-259106r960888_ruleThe vCenter UI service must initiate session logging upon startup.
SV-259107r960891_ruleThe vCenter UI service must produce log records containing sufficient information regarding event details.
SV-259108r960930_ruleThe vCenter UI service must protect logs from unauthorized access.
SV-259109r960960_ruleThe vCenter UI service must limit privileges for creating or modifying hosted application shared files.
SV-259110r960963_ruleThe vCenter UI service must disable stack tracing.
SV-259111r1043177_ruleThe vCenter UI service must be configured to use a specified IP address and port.
SV-259112r1043180_ruleThe vCenter UI service must be configured to limit data exposure between applications.
SV-259113r961122_ruleThe vCenter UI service must be configured to fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails.
SV-259114r961158_ruleThe vCenter UI service must set URIEncoding to UTF-8.
SV-259115r961167_ruleThe vCenter UI service "ErrorReportValve showServerInfo" must be set to "false".
SV-259116r1043182_ruleThe vCenter UI service must set an inactive timeout for sessions.
SV-259117r1210442_ruleThe vCenter UI service must off-load log records onto a different system or media from the system being logged.
SV-259118r961863_ruleThe vCenter UI service must enable "STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE".
SV-259119r960735_ruleThe vCenter UI service must limit the amount of time that each Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection is kept alive.
SV-259120r960735_ruleThe vCenter UI service must limit the number of times that each Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection is kept alive.
SV-259121r1210444_ruleThe vCenter UI service must configure the "setCharacterEncodingFilter" filter.
SV-259122r1137578_ruleThe vCenter UI service cookies must have "http-only" flag set.
SV-259123r1137578_ruleThe vCenter UI service DefaultServlet must be set to "readonly" for "PUT" and "DELETE" commands.
SV-259124r1210446_ruleThe vCenter UI service shutdown port must be disabled.
SV-259125r960963_ruleThe vCenter UI service debug parameter must be disabled.
SV-259126r960963_ruleThe vCenter UI service directory listings parameter must be disabled.
SV-259127r960963_ruleThe vCenter UI service deployXML attribute must be disabled.
SV-259128r960963_ruleThe vCenter UI service must have Autodeploy disabled.
SV-259129r960963_ruleThe vCenter UI service xpoweredBy attribute must be disabled.
SV-259130r960963_ruleThe vCenter UI service example applications must be removed.
SV-259131r960963_ruleThe vCenter UI service default ROOT web application must be removed.
SV-259132r960963_ruleThe vCenter UI service default documentation must be removed.
SV-259133r961863_ruleThe vCenter UI service must disable "ALLOW_BACKSLASH".
SV-259134r961863_ruleThe vCenter UI service must enable "ENFORCE_ENCODING_IN_GET_WRITER".
SV-259135r960963_ruleThe vCenter UI service manager webapp must be removed.
SV-259136r1003680_ruleThe vCenter UI service host-manager webapp must be removed.