STIGQter: STIG Summary: Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 9 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

OL 8 must generate audit records for all account creation events that affect "/etc/passwd".

DISA Rule

SV-248742r1015066_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-248742

Group Title

SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004

Rule Version

OL08-00-030150

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000018 - Automatically audit account creation actions.
• CCI-000130 - Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes what type of event occurred.
• CCI-000135 - Generate audit records containing the organization-defined additional information that is to be included in the audit records.
• CCI-000169 - Provide audit record generation capability for the event types the system is capable of auditing as defined in AU-2 a. on organization-defined information system components.
• CCI-000172 - Generate audit records for the event types defined in AU-2 c that include the audit record content defined in AU-3.
• CCI-001403 - Automatically audit account modification actions.
• CCI-001404 - Automatically audit account disabling actions.
• CCI-002130 - Automatically audit account enabling actions.
• CCI-000015 - Support the management of system accounts using (organization-defined automated mechanisms).
• CCI-002884 - Log organization-defined audit events for nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure OL 8 to generate audit records for all account creations events that affect "/etc/passwd".

Add or update the following file system rule to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules":

-w /etc/passwd -p wa -k identity

The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect. To restart the audit daemon, run the following command:

$ sudo service auditd restart

Check Contents

Verify OL 8 generates audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/passwd".

Check the auditing rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules" with the following command:

$ sudo grep /etc/passwd /etc/audit/audit.rules

-w /etc/passwd -p wa -k identity

If the command does not return a line or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Note: The "-k" allows for specifying an arbitrary identifier, and the string after it does not need to match the example output above.

Vulnerability Number

V-248742

Documentable

False

Rule Version

OL08-00-030150

Severity Override Guidance

Verify OL 8 generates audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/passwd".

Check the auditing rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules" with the following command:

$ sudo grep /etc/passwd /etc/audit/audit.rules

-w /etc/passwd -p wa -k identity

If the command does not return a line or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Note: The "-k" allows for specifying an arbitrary identifier, and the string after it does not need to match the example output above.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5416