SV-220744r1051021: The minimum password age must be configured to at least 1 day. | Microsoft Windows 10 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The minimum password age must be configured to at least 1 day.

Description

Discussion Text

Permitting passwords to be changed in immediate succession within the same day allows users to cycle passwords through their history database. This enables users to effectively negate the purpose of mandating periodic password changes.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-004066Not mappedCCI-000198V-63421SV-77911

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 10 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 10 4072

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

# Windows PowerShell
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.windows10:def:220744
# The minimum password age must be configured to at least 1 day.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'Minimum Password Age' is set to at least '1' day
# passwordpolicy_object (passwordpolicy_test)
function test_1 {
  return (((net accounts | Select-String 'Minimum password age') -replace '[^0-9]','') -ge 86400)
}

if (test_1) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows10:def:220744
$passwordPolicy = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_LocalSystemAccount -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($passwordPolicy -and $passwordPolicy.MinPasswordAge -ge 86400) { Write-Output "PASS"; Exit 0 } else { Write-Output "FAIL"; Exit 1 }

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Account Policies >> Password Policy >> "Minimum Password Age" to at least "1" day.