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1.263 RHEL-10-600410

Information

RHEL 10 must automatically lock an account when three unsuccessful login attempts occur.

GROUP ID: V-281194RULE ID: SV-281194r1166534

By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128, SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 to lock an account when three unsuccessful login attempts occur.

Add/modify the "/etc/security/faillock.conf" file to match the following line:

deny = 3

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-7a., 800-53|AC-7b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000044, CCI|CCI-002238, Rule-ID|SV-281194r1166534_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-600410, Vuln-ID|V-281194

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: b9623370bdcc36eae1cb18acf81e619178cdfde575d4483a21368e7d6a4adab9