Host should reject promiscuous mode requests on standard virtual switches and port groups

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Description

Enabling promiscuous mode allows all virtual machines in a port group to read all packets transmitted across it, regardless of the intended recipient. Rejecting promiscuous mode requests on standard virtual switches and port groups prevents unauthorized packet inspection, enhancing network isolation and data privacy. The audit runs esxcli network vswitch standard (portgroup) policy security get for every standard vSwitch and port group and requires "Allow Promiscuous: false". Runs in the ESXi Shell (busybox sh) as root.

Méthode de vérification

Méthode d'audit: Commande shell

shell

command -v esxcli >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
vs=$(esxcli network vswitch standard list 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/^ *Name: *//p') || exit 1
pgs=$(esxcli --formatter=csv network vswitch standard portgroup list 2>/dev/null | awk -F, 'NR==1 {for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) if ($i == "Name") c = i; next} c {print $c}') || exit 1
out=$(for v in $vs; do
  x=$(esxcli network vswitch standard policy security get -v "$v" 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/^ *Allow Promiscuous: *//p' | head -n 1)
  [ "$x" = false ] || echo "vSwitch $v: Allow Promiscuous=${x:-unknown}"
done
printf '%s\n' "$pgs" | while IFS= read -r p; do [ -n "$p" ] || continue
  x=$(esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy security get -p "$p" 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/^ *Allow Promiscuous: *//p' | head -n 1)
  [ "$x" = false ] || echo "portgroup $p: Allow Promiscuous=${x:-unknown}"
done)
[ -z "$out" ] && echo compliant || printf '%s\n' "$out"

Sortie attendue: compliant

Méthode de correction

Méthode de correction: Recommandation ou correctif d'infrastructure

To set the policy to reject, perform the following: 1. From the vSphere Web Client, select the host. 2. Click Configure then expand Networking. 3. Select Virtual switches then click Edit. 4. Click on Security. 5. Set Promiscuous mode to Reject in the dropdown. 6. Click on OK. Alternately, perform the following via the ESXi shell: # esxcli network vswitch standard policy security set -v vSwitch2 -p false

Propriétés

Systèmes d'exploitation: Tous
Étiquettes: vmwareesxinetwork
Référence: CIS VMware ESXi 9.0 Benchmark v1.0.0 - 5.8 Host should reject promiscuous mode requests on standard virtual switches and port groups

Vérifier cet hôte

Exécutez cette commande sur une machine que vous êtes autorisé à auditer. L'analyse est en lecture seule.

shell

tmaegis scan --target vmware