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Access Control: Default SNMP Write Community

Identifier: snmp_default_write_community

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Description

SNMP services using default write communities can allow unauthenticated users to alter device configuration.

How we test: We attempt safe SNMP write validation with common default community strings and report the issue when write access is accepted.

Configuration

Example

Example configuration:

---
security_tests:
  snmp_default_write_community:
    skip: false

Reference

skip

Type: boolean

Skip the test if true.