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RHEL 9 must conceal, via the session lock, information previously visible on the display with a publicly viewable image.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Setting the screensaver mode to blank-only conceals the contents of the display from passersby.

ID
SV-258027r1045106_rule
Version
RHEL-09-271085
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure RHEL 9 to prevent a user from overriding the picture-uri setting for graphical user interfaces.

In the file "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-security-settings", add or update the following lines:

[org/gnome/desktop/screensaver]
picture-uri=''