RHEL 9 must use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation when using "sudo".
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If the rootpw, targetpw, or runaspw flags are defined and not disabled, by default the operating system will prompt the invoking user for the "root" user password.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-258085r943063_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Define the following in the Defaults section of the /etc/sudoers file or a single configuration file in the /etc/sudoers.d/ directory:
Defaults !targetpw
Defaults !rootpw
Defaults !runaspw