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1.66 OL08-00-010380

Information

OL 8 must require users to provide a password for privilege escalation.

GROUP ID: V-248581
RULE ID: SV-248581r1050789

Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization.

When operating systems provide the capability to escalate a functional capability, it is critical the user reauthenticate.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00158

Solution

Configure the operating system to require users to supply a password for privilege escalation.

Check the configuration of the "/etc/sudoers" file with the following command:

$ sudo visudo

Remove any occurrences of "NOPASSWD" tags in the file.

Check the configuration of the /etc/sudoers.d/* files with the following command:

$ sudo grep -ir nopasswd /etc/sudoers.d

Remove any occurrences of "NOPASSWD" tags in the file.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23791

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-11, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002038, CCI|CCI-004895, Rule-ID|SV-248581r1050789_rule, STIG-ID|OL08-00-010380, Vuln-ID|V-248581

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: cd62082cd069c91d9a80244ff1c40e6e792212b80c65d4deeb0a0b691323af38