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Why does Splunk Add-On for Tenable Locks Account

jscraig2006
Communicator

I am having an issue with the Splunk_TA_nessus app locking the service account in Security Center. I am on version 5.1.3. I can log into Secuirty Center with the service account with out issues, so I know the password is good.

2018-04-26 01:24:29,005 +0000 log_level=ERROR, pid=26830, tid=Thread-4, file=ta_data_collector.py, func_name=index_data, code_line_no=118 | [stanza_name="Security Center Inputs" data="sc_vulnerability" server="Security Center"] Failed to index data
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_nessus/bin/splunk_ta_nessus/splunktaucclib/data_collection/ta_data_collector.py", line 115, in index_data
self._do_safe_index()
File "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_nessus/bin/splunk_ta_nessus/splunktaucclib/data_collection/ta_data_collector.py", line 148, in _do_safe_index
self._client = self._create_data_client()
File "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_nessus/bin/splunk_ta_nessus/splunktaucclib/data_collection/ta_data_collector.py", line 95, in _create_data_client
self._checkpoint_manager)
File "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_nessus/bin/splunk_ta_nessus/splunktaucclib/data_collection/ta_data_client.py", line 55, in __init__
self._ckpt)
File "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_nessus/bin/splunk_ta_nessus/ta_tenable_sc_data_collector.py", line 18, in do_job_one_time
return _do_job_one_time(all_conf_contents, task_config, ckpt)
File "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_nessus/bin/splunk_ta_nessus/ta_tenable_sc_data_collector.py", line 55, in _do_job_one_time
release_session=release_session)
File "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_nessus/bin/splunk_ta_nessus/security_center.py", line 245, in get_security_center
sc.login(username, password)
File "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_nessus/bin/splunk_ta_nessus/security_center.py", line 47, in login
result = self.perform_request('POST', 'token', data)
File "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_nessus/bin/splunk_ta_nessus/security_center.py", line 164, in perform_request
self._error_check(response, result)
File "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_nessus/bin/splunk_ta_nessus/security_center.py", line 213, in _error_check
result['error_msg'])
APIError: 'status=403, error_code=163, error_msg=Account locked.\n'

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jscraig2006
Communicator

Look for additional app installation on other boxes.

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jscraig2006
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Look for additional app installation on other boxes.

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jscraig2006
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Sometimes I answer my own questions.. Found the app also installed on a dev box with bad password!

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