RHEL 9 must ensure the password complexity module is enabled in the system-auth file.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Enabling PAM password complexity permits enforcement of strong passwords and consequently makes the system less prone to dictionary attacks.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-258098r926281_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure RHEL 9 to use "pwquality" to enforce password complexity rules.
Add the following line to the "/etc/pam.d/system-auth" file(or modify the line to have the required value):
password required pam_pwquality.so