The network devices must require authentication prior to establishing a management connection for administrative access.

From Infrastructure Router Security Technical Implementation Guide Cisco

Part of Management connections must require passwords.

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

SV-15448r3_rule The network devices must require authentication prior to establishing a management connection for administrative access.

Vulnerability discussion

Network devices with no password for administrative access via a management connection provide the opportunity for anyone with network access to the device to make configuration changes enabling them to disrupt network operations resulting in a network outage.

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Review the network device configuration to verify all management connections for administrative access require authentication. The vty ports should look similar to the example below that references an authentication list configured as AUTH_LIST. line vty 0 4 login authentication AUTH_LIST exec-timeout 10 0 transport input ssh

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Configure authentication for all management connections.

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