RHEL 9 must automatically lock an account when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128, SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005
- ID
- SV-258054r958736_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-411075
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure RHEL 9 to lock an account when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur.
Add/modify the "/etc/security/faillock.conf" file to match the following line:
deny = 3