RHEL 9 must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after one day.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-258133r926386_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the SSSD to prohibit the use of cached authentications after one day.
Add or change the following line in "/etc/sssd/sssd.conf" just below the line [pam]:
offline_credentials_expiration = 1