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RHEL-10-400340 - RHEL 10 must enforce mode "0600" or less permissive for Secure Shell (SSH) private host key files.
Information
If an unauthorized user obtains the private SSH host key file, the host could be impersonated.Solution
Configure RHEL 10 to enforce mode "0600" for SSH private host key files with the following command:$ sudo chmod 0600 /etc/ssh/ssh_host*key
Restart the SSH daemon for the changes to take effect:
$ sudo systemctl restart sshd.service
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-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-281085r1195409_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-400340, Vuln-ID|V-281085
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 50438b2f04bcccfcaa222597edd5e5d205cbad8e3e96192a8dd1794054b28bf8