Title

Operating systems must enforce 24 hours/1 day as the minimum password lifetime. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforcement requirement. If users are allowed to immediately and continually change their password, then the password could be repeatedly changed in a short period of time to defeat the organization's policy regarding password reuse.

Check Content

Verify operating system enforces 24 hours/1 day as the minimum password lifetime. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure operating system to enforce 24 hours/1 day as the minimum password lifetime.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-203631r557619_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-203631

Group Title: SRG-OS-000075

Expert Comments

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