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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • RHEL 9 must have the sudo package installed.

    <VulnDiscussion>"sudo" is a program designed to allow a system administrator to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require reauthentication when using the "sudo" command.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When operat...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation when using "sudo".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the rootpw, targetpw, or runaspw flags are defined and not disabled, by default the operating system will prompt the invok...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When operati...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must configure the use of the pam_faillock.so module in the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the pam_faillock.so module is not loaded, the system will not correctly lockout accounts to prevent password guessing atta...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must restrict the use of the "su" command.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "su" program allows to run commands with a substitute user and group ID. It is commonly used to run commands as the root ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000370-GPOS-00155

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 fapolicy module must be installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000370-GPOS-00155

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 fapolicy module must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The organization must identify authorized software programs and permit execution of authorized software. The process used to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must ensure the password complexity module in the system-auth file is configured for three retries or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • RHEL 9 must not allow blank or null passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an account has an empty password, anyone could log in and run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with ...
    Rule High Severity
  • RHEL 9 must ensure the password complexity module is enabled in the password-auth file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling PAM password complexity permits enforcement of strong passwords and consequently makes the system less prone to dict...
    Rule Medium Severity

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