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1.283 RHEL-10-600620

Information

RHEL 10 must ensure the password complexity module is enabled in the "password-auth" file.

GROUP ID: V-281214RULE ID: SV-281214r1166594

Enabling Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) password complexity permits enforcement of strong passwords and consequently makes the system less prone to dictionary attacks.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037, SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 to use "pwquality" to enforce password complexity rules.

Add the following line to the "/etc/pam.d/password-auth" file (or modify the line to have the required value):

password required pam_pwquality.so

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-281214r1166594_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-600620, Vuln-ID|V-281214

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 00843e877b607cd5a3694ab06d64db8eeee5900edb872d559bdda8ee54ef9844