RHEL 9 must not have accounts configured with 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-258120r991589_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-611155
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure all accounts on RHEL 9 to have a password or lock the account with the following commands:
Perform a password reset:
$ sudo passwd [username]