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RHEL 9 must not allow blank or null passwords.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

If an account has an empty password, anyone could log in and run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with empty passwords should never be used in operational environments.

ID
SV-258094r1045187_rule
Version
RHEL-09-611025
Severity
High
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

If PAM is managed with authselect, use the following command to remove instances of "nullok":
 
$ sudo authselect enable-feature without-nullok

Otherwise, remove any instances of the "nullok" option in the "/etc/pam.d/password-auth" and "/etc/pam.d/system-auth" files to prevent logons with empty passwords.

Note: Manual changes to the listed file may be overwritten by the "authselect" program.