TMA-MSSQL2022-4.3
Ensure 'CHECK_POLICY' Option is set to 'ON' for All SQL Authenticated Logins
MediumLevel 1Automatedmssql
Description
Applies the same password complexity policy used in Windows to passwords used inside SQL Server. Ensure SQL authenticated login passwords comply with the secure password policy applied by the Windows Server Benchmark so that they cannot be easily compromised via brute force attack.
How it is checked
Audit method: SQL query
sql_query
sqlcmd -b -h -1 -W -Q "SET NOCOUNT ON; SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sys.sql_logins WHERE is_policy_checked = 0;"- Expected output
0
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
For each <login_name> found by the Audit Procedure, execute the following T-SQL statement: ALTER LOGIN [<login_name>] WITH CHECK_POLICY = ON; Note: In the case of AWS RDS do not perform this remediation for the Master account.
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- authloggingmssqlsqlserver-2022
- Reference
- CIS Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Benchmark v1.3.0 - 4.3 Ensure 'CHECK_POLICY' Option is set to 'ON' for All SQL Authenticated Logins
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
shell
tmaegis scan --target mssql