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RHEL-10-600460 - RHEL 10 must not have accounts configured with blank or null passwords.
Information
If an account has an empty password, anyone could log in and run commands with the privileges of that account. Accounts with empty passwords should never be used in operational environments.Solution
Configure RHEL 10 so that all accounts have a password, or lock the account with the following commands:Perform a password reset:
$ sudo passwd [username]
To lock an account:
$ sudo passwd -l [username]
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: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION
References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(a), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-281201r1166555_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-600460, Vuln-ID|V-281201
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: ecd85f5ce4a84122c2af2fd65fb5135a51f3596a9c3d6bd0ea5b4f2da4e12d84