The Cisco IOS XE router must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

From Cisco IOS XE Release 3 NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000205

SV-88685r2_rule The Cisco IOS XE router must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Vulnerability discussion

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password.The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password.

Check content

Verify that the Cisco IOS XE router enforces a minimum password length of "15" characters. The configuration should look similar to the example below: aaa common-criteria policy min-length 15 If a minimum password length of "15" characters is not enforced, this is a finding.

Fix text

Use the following commands to configure minimum password length: aaa common-criteria policy min-length 15

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