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1.281 RHEL-10-600600

Information

RHEL 10 must configure the use of the pam_faillock.so module in the "/etc/pam.d/system-auth" file.

GROUP ID: V-281212RULE ID: SV-281212r1166588

If the pam_faillock.so module is not loaded, the system will not correctly lock out accounts to prevent password guessing attacks.

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 to include the use of the pam_faillock.so module in the "/etc/pam.d/system-auth" file.

If PAM is managed with authselect, enable the feature with the following command:

$ sudo authselect enable-feature with-faillock

Otherwise, add/modify the appropriate sections of the "/etc/pam.d/system-auth" file to match the following lines:

Note: The "preauth" line must be listed before pam_unix.so.

auth required pam_faillock.so preauthauth required pam_faillock.so authfailaccount required pam_faillock.so

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000044, Rule-ID|SV-281212r1166588_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-600600, Vuln-ID|V-281212

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 4a9eedcdc42e377b76d38ca0d8d251fd3a0a27309e730c3b3a0cc133d1cbd8e3