STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

RHEL 8 must require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation.

DISA Rule

SV-230272r627750_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230272

Group Title

SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010381

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-002038 - The organization requires users to reauthenticate upon organization-defined circumstances or situations requiring reauthentication.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

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

Check Contents

Verify that "/etc/sudoers" has no occurrences of "!authenticate".

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

$ sudo grep -i !authenticate /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*

If any occurrences of "!authenticate" return from the command, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-230272

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010381

Severity Override Guidance

Verify that "/etc/sudoers" has no occurrences of "!authenticate".

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

$ sudo grep -i !authenticate /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*

If any occurrences of "!authenticate" return from the command, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

2921

Comments