The Dell OS10 Switch must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-269783	SRG-APP-000167-NDM-000255	OS10-NDM-000420	SV-269783r1051734_rule	2024-12-11	1

Description
Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Multifactor authentication (MFA) is required for all administrative and user accounts on network devices, except for an account of last resort and (where applicable) a root account. Passwords should only be used when MFA using PKI is not available, and for the account of last resort and root account.

Description

Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Multifactor authentication (MFA) is required for all administrative and user accounts on network devices, except for an account of last resort and (where applicable) a root account. Passwords should only be used when MFA using PKI is not available, and for the account of last resort and root account.

ℹ️ Check
Where passwords are used, confirm that the OS10 Switch and associated authentication server enforces password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used. Review the configuration to verify that the lower password-attribute is set to 1: OS10# show running-configuration password-attributes ! password-attributes character-restriction lower 1 If the OS10 Switch and associated authentication server does not require that at least one lowercase character be used in each password, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Where passwords are used, confirm that the OS10 Switch and associated authentication server enforces password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used. Review the configuration to verify that the lower password-attribute is set to 1: OS10# show running-configuration password-attributes ! password-attributes character-restriction lower 1 If the OS10 Switch and associated authentication server does not require that at least one lowercase character be used in each password, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the OS10 Switch and associated authentication server to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used: OS10(config)# password-attributes character-restriction lower 1