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RHEL-10-600610 - RHEL 10 must configure the use of the pam_faillock.so module in the "/etc/pam.d/password-auth" file.
Information
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 preauth
auth required pam_faillock.so authfail
account required pam_faillock.so
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_10_V1R1_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG v1r1
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: 057dbd2d1a5a9595f55ce2b9a5de5d6c8f30c93edf77fae44c889db50d7d14f2