SLEM 5 must never automatically remove or disable emergency administrator accounts.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Emergency administrator accounts, also known as "last resort" or "break glass" accounts, are local logon accounts enabled on the system for emergency use by authorized system administrators to manage a system when standard logon methods are failing or not available. Emergency accounts are not subject to manual removal or scheduled expiration requirements.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-261356r996518_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure SLEM 5 to never automatically remove or disable emergency administrator accounts.
> sudo chage -I -1 -M 99999 <emergency_administrator_account_name>