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RHEL-10-600110 - RHEL 10 must, for user account passwords, have a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.

Information

Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords must be changed periodically. If the operating system does not limit the lifetime of passwords and force users to change their passwords, there is the risk that the operating system passwords could be compromised.

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 to enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction on user account passwords.

Set the 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction with the following command:

$ sudo passwd -x 60 [user]

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_10_V1R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(a), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-281170r1184651_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-600110, Vuln-ID|V-281170

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 31cf76d3d912843dbc2073c946e4cd008f0c6ae3badf042b2d35b8f68c5877c1