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1.282 RHEL-10-600610

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-281213RULE ID: SV-281213r1166591

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/password-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/password-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-281213r1166591_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-600610, Vuln-ID|V-281213

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: c6266b30a52855e732afdebd83adff453e5f7a11aeafefecff8102ca175fbf72