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

RHEL 8 must not have unnecessary accounts.

DISA Rule

SV-230379r1017190_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230379

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

RHEL-08-020320

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Remove unauthorized local interactive user accounts with the following command where <unauthorized_user> is the unauthorized account:

$ sudo userdel <unauthorized_user>

Check Contents

Verify that there are no unauthorized interactive user accounts with the following command:

$ less /etc/passwd

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
...
games:x:12:100:games:/usr/games:/sbin/nologin
scsaustin:x:1001:1001:scsaustin:/home/scsaustin:/bin/bash
djohnson:x:1002:1002:djohnson:/home/djohnson:/bin/bash

Interactive user account, generally will have a user identifier (UID) of 1000 or greater, a home directory in a specific partition, and an interactive shell.

Obtain the list of interactive user accounts authorized to be on the system from the system administrator or information system security officer (ISSO) and compare it to the list of local interactive user accounts on the system.

If there are unauthorized local user accounts on the system, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-230379

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-08-020320

Severity Override Guidance

Verify that there are no unauthorized interactive user accounts with the following command:

$ less /etc/passwd

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
...
games:x:12:100:games:/usr/games:/sbin/nologin
scsaustin:x:1001:1001:scsaustin:/home/scsaustin:/bin/bash
djohnson:x:1002:1002:djohnson:/home/djohnson:/bin/bash

Interactive user account, generally will have a user identifier (UID) of 1000 or greater, a home directory in a specific partition, and an interactive shell.

Obtain the list of interactive user accounts authorized to be on the system from the system administrator or information system security officer (ISSO) and compare it to the list of local interactive user accounts on the system.

If there are unauthorized local user accounts on the system, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

2921