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1.318 RHEL-09-611045

Information

RHEL 9 must ensure the password complexity module is enabled in the system-auth file.

GROUP ID: V-258098
RULE ID: SV-258098r1045195

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

Solution

Configure RHEL 9 to use "pwquality" to enforce password complexity rules.

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

password required pam_pwquality.so

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22008

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-258098r1045195_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-611045, Vuln-ID|V-258098

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 41f9bd470147c26e5d079d1ba30113f4c4eb8dfd802602d85c5c547b00588377