RHEL 9 must configure the use of the pam_faillock.so module in the /etc/pam.d/password-auth file.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If the pam_faillock.so module is not loaded, the system will not correctly lockout accounts to prevent password guessing attacks.
- ID
- SV-258096r1045191_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-611035
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure RHEL 9 to include the use of the pam_faillock.so module in the /etc/pam.d/password-auth file. If PAM is managed with authselect, enable the feature with the following command:
$ sudo authselect enable-feature with-faillock
Otherwise, add/modify the appropriate sections of the "/etc/pam.d/password-auth" file to match the following lines:
Note: The "preauth" line must be listed before pam_unix.so.