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Linux virtual machine has password authentication enabled Affecting Compute service in Azure

Severity

0.0
medium
0
10
    Severity Framework
    Snyk CCSS
    Rule category
    IAM / Secure Login

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CC-00508
  • credit Snyk Research Team
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Description

Password authentication is less resistant to brute force and educated guess attacks than SSH public key authentication.

How to fix?

Set properties.osProfile.linuxConfiguration.disablePasswordAuthentication attribute to true or remove the attribute.