STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 8 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

RHEL 8 must require users to provide a password for privilege escalation.

DISA Rule

SV-230271r1101896_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230271

Group Title

SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010380

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-004895 - Permit users to invoke the trusted communications path for communications between the user and the organization-defined security functions, including at a minimum, authentication and re-authentication.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Remove any occurrence of "NOPASSWD" found in "/etc/sudoers" file or files in the "/etc/sudoers.d" directory.

Check Contents

Verify that "/etc/sudoers" has no occurrences of "NOPASSWD".

Check that the "/etc/sudoers" file has no occurrences of "NOPASSWD" by running the following command:

$ sudo grep -iR 'NOPASSWD' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/

%admin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

If any occurrences of "NOPASSWD" are returned from the command and have not been documented with the information system security officer (ISSO) as an organizationally defined administrative group utilizing multifactor authentication (MFA), this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-230271

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010380

Severity Override Guidance

Verify that "/etc/sudoers" has no occurrences of "NOPASSWD".

Check that the "/etc/sudoers" file has no occurrences of "NOPASSWD" by running the following command:

$ sudo grep -iR 'NOPASSWD' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/

%admin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

If any occurrences of "NOPASSWD" are returned from the command and have not been documented with the information system security officer (ISSO) as an organizationally defined administrative group utilizing multifactor authentication (MFA), this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

2921