id: weak-password-complexity info: name: Linux Password Complexity Not Enforced author: songyaeji severity: high description: | The system did not enforce password complexity policies. This allowed weak passwords to be used, increasing the risk of unauthorized access through brute-force or dictionary attacks. reference: - https://isms.kisa.or.kr/main/csap/notice/ metadata: verified: true tags: linux,local,audit,kisa,compliance,local self-contained: true code: - engine: - sh - bash source: | cat /etc/security/pwquality.conf 2>/dev/null || true - engine: - sh - bash source: | grep pam_pwquality.so /etc/pam.d/system-auth /etc/pam.d/common-password 2>/dev/null || true matchers: - type: regex part: code_1_response name: password-quality regex: - 'minlen\s*=\s*[0-7]' # Password length < 8 characters - 'dcredit\s*=\s*0' # No digit requirement - 'ucredit\s*=\s*0' # No uppercase requirement - 'lcredit\s*=\s*0' # No lowercase requirement - 'ocredit\s*=\s*0' # No special character requirement condition: or - type: word part: code_2_response name: pam words: - "pam_pwquality.so" - type: word part: code_2_response words: - "enforce_for_root" negative: true # digest: 4a0a00473045022100c590d02bcda1018fc91528e71c3697ea8aa7d605e1b2980e9c67a4f1e0ed51fb0220494670f4487078a52c1fae89b39bdca73a6055d5bae5f7049afce07cda8c6ff8:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950