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

RHEL 9 must encrypt via the gtls driver the transfer of audit records offloaded onto a different system or media from the system being audited via rsyslog.

DISA Rule

SV-258148r1045292_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-258148

Group Title

SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133

Rule Version

RHEL-09-652050

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001851 - Transfer audit logs per organization-defined frequency to a different system, system component, or media than the system or system component conducting the logging.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure RHEL 9 to use the gtls driver to encrypt offloaded audit records by setting the following options in "/etc/rsyslog.conf" or "/etc/rsyslog.d/[customfile].conf":

$DefaultNetstreamDriver gtls

Check Contents

Verify RHEL 9 uses the gtls driver to encrypt audit records offloaded onto a different system or media from the system being audited with the following command:

$ grep -Ei 'DefaultNetStreamDriver\b|StreamDriver.Name' /etc/rsyslog.conf /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf

/etc/rsyslog.conf:$DefaultNetstreamDriver gtls

If the value of the "$DefaultNetstreamDriver or StreamDriver" option is not set to "gtls" or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

If the variable name "StreamDriver" is present in an omfwd statement block, this is not a finding. However, if the "StreamDriver" variable is in a module block, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-258148

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-09-652050

Severity Override Guidance

Verify RHEL 9 uses the gtls driver to encrypt audit records offloaded onto a different system or media from the system being audited with the following command:

$ grep -Ei 'DefaultNetStreamDriver\b|StreamDriver.Name' /etc/rsyslog.conf /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf

/etc/rsyslog.conf:$DefaultNetstreamDriver gtls

If the value of the "$DefaultNetstreamDriver or StreamDriver" option is not set to "gtls" or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

If the variable name "StreamDriver" is present in an omfwd statement block, this is not a finding. However, if the "StreamDriver" variable is in a module block, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5551