漏洞描述
Allowing empty passwords in SSH poses a severe security risk, enabling unauthorized access, brute-force attacks, and potential system compromise. It should always be disabled to prevent unauthorized logins.
id: file-disable-empty-password
info:
name: Disable SSH Empty Password
author: pussycat0x
severity: unknown
description: |
Allowing empty passwords in SSH poses a severe security risk, enabling unauthorized access, brute-force attacks, and potential system compromise. It should always be disabled to prevent unauthorized logins.
remediation: |
Set PermitEmptyPasswords no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config to disable empty password logins and restart the SSH service.
reference:
- https://vishalraj82.medium.com/hardening-openssh-security-37f5d634015f
- https://docs.datadoghq.com/security/default_rules/xccdf-org-ssgproject-content-rule-sshd-disable-empty-passwords/
metadata:
verified: true
tags: audit,config,file,ssh
file:
- extensions:
- all
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
words:
- "# This is the sshd server system-wide configuration file"
- type: word
words:
- "PermitEmptyPasswords no"
negative: true
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