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 any use of the "ssh-agent" command.

DISA Rule

SV-248756r958412_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-248756

Group Title

SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015

Rule Version

OL08-00-030280

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• 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-002884 - Log organization-defined audit events for nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any use of the "ssh-agent" command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/ssh-agent -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-ssh

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 an audit record for any use of the "ssh-agent" command by running the following command to check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules":

$ sudo grep ssh-agent /etc/audit/audit.rules

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/ssh-agent -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-ssh

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-248756

Documentable

False

Rule Version

OL08-00-030280

Severity Override Guidance

Verify OL 8 generates an audit record for any use of the "ssh-agent" command by running the following command to check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules":

$ sudo grep ssh-agent /etc/audit/audit.rules

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/ssh-agent -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-ssh

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