CIS Amazon Linux 2 v4.0.0 L2 Server

Audit Details

Name: CIS Amazon Linux 2 v4.0.0 L2 Server

Updated: 4/15/2026

Authority: CIS

Plugin: Unix

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 63

File Details

Filename: CIS_Amazon_Linux_2_v4.0.0_L2_Server.audit

Size: 340 kB

MD5: 40e9bed32bf46dc62b7d7e22d28bef11
SHA256: 93db287a776da385d9849088fb6a3102440cde279ce0e259d6575456ea70b58f

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
1.1.2.3.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /home

ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.2.4.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /var

ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.2.5.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /var/tmp

ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.2.6.1 Ensure separate partition exists for /var/log

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

1.2.3 Ensure repo_gpgcheck is globally activated

RISK ASSESSMENT, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

1.4.1.5 Ensure the SELinux mode is enforcing

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

1.4.1.6 Ensure no unconfined services exist

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

2.2.20 Ensure X window server services are not in use

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

2.3.2 Ensure ldap client is not installed

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

4.1.1 Ensure firewalld is installed

SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

4.1.2 Ensure firewalld.service state is configured

SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

4.1.3 Ensure network interface zone is configured

SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

4.1.4 Ensure firewalld active zone target is configured

SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

4.1.5 Ensure firewalld loopback traffic is configured

SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

4.1.6 Ensure firewalld loopback source address traffic is configured

SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

4.1.7 Ensure firewalld services and ports are configured

SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

4.1.8 Configure firewall to drop all traffic

SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

5.2.8 Ensure sshd DisableForwarding is enabled

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

5.2.9 Ensure sshd GSSAPIAuthentication is disabled

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

5.3.4 Ensure users must provide password for escalation

ACCESS CONTROL

5.4.2.1.4 Ensure password failed attempts lockout includes root account

ACCESS CONTROL

5.5.3.1 Ensure nologin is not listed in /etc/shells

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

6.2.1.1 Ensure auditd packages are installed

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

6.2.1.2 Ensure auditing for processes that start prior to auditd is enabled

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.1.3 Ensure audit_backlog_limit is sufficient

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

6.2.1.4 Ensure auditd service is enabled and active

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.2.1 Ensure audit log storage size is configured

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.2.2 Ensure audit logs are not automatically deleted

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.2.3 Ensure system is disabled when audit logs are full

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.2.4 Ensure system warns when audit logs are low on space

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

6.2.3.1 Ensure changes to system administration scope (sudoers) is collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.2 Ensure actions as another user are always logged

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.3 Ensure events that modify the sudo log file are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.4 Ensure events that modify date and time information are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

6.2.3.5 Ensure events that modify the system's network environment are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

6.2.3.6 Ensure use of privileged commands are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.7 Ensure unsuccessful file access attempts are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.8 Ensure events that modify user/group information are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.9 Ensure discretionary access control permission modification events are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.10 Ensure successful file system mounts are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.11 Ensure session initiation information is collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.12 Ensure login and logout events are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.13 Ensure file deletion events by users are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.14 Ensure events that modify the system's Mandatory Access Controls are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

6.2.3.15 Ensure successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the chcon command are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.16 Ensure successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the setfacl command are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

6.2.3.17 Ensure successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the chacl command are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

6.2.3.18 Ensure successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the usermod command are collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.19 Ensure kernel module loading unloading and modification is collected

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

6.2.3.20 Ensure the audit configuration is loaded regardless of errors

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY