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1.286 RHEL-10-600650

Information

RHEL 10 must ensure that the pam_unix.so module is configured in the password-auth file to use a FIPS 140-3-approved cryptographic hashing algorithm for system authentication.

GROUP ID: V-281217RULE ID: SV-281217r1195450

Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified; therefore, they cannot be relied on to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DOD data may be compromised.

RHEL 10 systems using encryption are required to use FIPS-compliant mechanisms for authenticating to cryptographic modules.

FIPS 140-3 is the current standard for validating that mechanisms used to access cryptographic modules use authentication that meets DOD requirements. This allows for Security Levels 1, 2, 3, or 4 for use on a general-purpose computing system.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041, SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 to use the sha512 cryptographic hashing algorithm for local account passwords.

Edit/modify the following line in the "/etc/pam.d/password-auth" file to include the sha512 option for pam_unix.so:

password sufficient pam_unix.so sha512

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-7, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000803, CCI|CCI-004062, Rule-ID|SV-281217r1195450_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-600650, Vuln-ID|V-281217

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: e8f253ea744cfbc734bc38093c43f91902725f8c93bad35e6333e60e908d6b5b