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1.117 RHEL-10-400150

Information

RHEL 10 must be configured so that the Secure Shell (SSH) server configuration file is group-owned by "root".

GROUP ID: V-281047
RULE ID: SV-281047r1184647

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services, which if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files must be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 so that the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file and the contents of "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d" are group-owned by "root" with the following command:

$ sudo chgrp root /etc/ssh/sshd_config /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-281047r1184647_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-400150, Vuln-ID|V-281047

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 8fae85bf1fcfe533d6f96643606a90e7c6b60ada51f1136ecb82220f2850b51c