STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 9 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the disabling of the graphical user interface automount function.

DISA Rule

SV-258015r1045086_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-258015

Group Title

SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059

Rule Version

RHEL-09-271025

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000778 - Uniquely identify organization-defined devices and/or types of devices before establishing a local, remote, and/or network connection.
• CCI-001958 - Authenticate organization-defined devices and/or types of devices before establishing a local, remote, and/or network connection.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure the GNOME desktop to not allow a user to change the setting that disables automated mounting of removable media.

Add the following line to "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/00-security-settings-lock" to prevent user modification:

/org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/automount-open

Then update the dconf system databases:

$ sudo dconf update

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Note: This requirement assumes the use of the RHEL 9 default graphical user interface, the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is Not Applicable.

Verify RHEL 9 disables the ability of the user to override the graphical user interface automount setting.

Determine which profile the system database is using with the following command:

$ sudo grep system-db /etc/dconf/profile/user

system-db:local

Check that the automount setting is locked from nonprivileged user modification with the following command:

Note: The example below is using the database "local" for the system, so the path is "/etc/dconf/db/local.d". This path must be modified if a database other than "local" is being used.

$ grep 'automount-open' /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/*

/org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/automount-open

If the command does not return at least the example result, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-258015

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-09-271025

Severity Override Guidance

Note: This requirement assumes the use of the RHEL 9 default graphical user interface, the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is Not Applicable.

Verify RHEL 9 disables the ability of the user to override the graphical user interface automount setting.

Determine which profile the system database is using with the following command:

$ sudo grep system-db /etc/dconf/profile/user

system-db:local

Check that the automount setting is locked from nonprivileged user modification with the following command:

Note: The example below is using the database "local" for the system, so the path is "/etc/dconf/db/local.d". This path must be modified if a database other than "local" is being used.

$ grep 'automount-open' /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/*

/org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/automount-open

If the command does not return at least the example result, this is a finding.

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M

Target Key

5551