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

RHEL 9 audit system must protect auditing rules from unauthorized change.

DISA Rule

SV-258229r958434_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-258229

Group Title

SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027

Rule Version

RHEL-09-654275

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000162 - Protect audit information from unauthorized access.
• CCI-000163 - Protect audit information from unauthorized modification.
• CCI-000164 - Protect audit information from unauthorized deletion.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure the audit system to set the audit rules to be immutable by adding the following line to end of "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules"

-e 2

The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Check Contents

Verify the audit system prevents unauthorized changes with the following command:

$ sudo grep "^\s*[^#]" /etc/audit/audit.rules | tail -1

-e 2

If the audit system is not set to be immutable by adding the "-e 2" option to the end of "/etc/audit/audit.rules", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-258229

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-09-654275

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the audit system prevents unauthorized changes with the following command:

$ sudo grep "^\s*[^#]" /etc/audit/audit.rules | tail -1

-e 2

If the audit system is not set to be immutable by adding the "-e 2" option to the end of "/etc/audit/audit.rules", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5551