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1.280 RHEL-10-600560

Information

RHEL 10 must require users to provide a password for privilege escalation.

GROUP ID: V-281211
RULE ID: SV-281211r1166585

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 that the user reauthenticate.

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

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 to not allow users to execute privileged actions without authenticating with a password.

Remove any occurrence of "NOPASSWD" found in the "/etc/sudoers" file or files in the "/etc/sudoers.d" directory:

$ sudo find /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d -type f -exec sed -i '/NOPASSWD/ s/^/# /g' {} \;

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26403

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-11, CAT|I, CCI|CCI-002038, Rule-ID|SV-281211r1166585_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-600560, Vuln-ID|V-281211

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: f8831d43e420e4f57d5cf722d8188dca17fea6a4f91556d44469205d78369a74