STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

The Photon operating system must not have duplicate User IDs (UIDs).

DISA Rule

SV-258826r958482_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-258826

Group Title

SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

Rule Version

PHTN-40-000049

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

CCI-000764 - Uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users and associate that unique identification with processes acting on behalf of those users.

Weight

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/etc/passwd

Configure each user account that has a duplicate UID with a unique UID.

Check Contents

At the command line, run the following command to verify there are no duplicate user IDs present:

# awk -F ":" 'list[$3]++{print $1, $3}' /etc/passwd

If any lines are returned, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-258826

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-40-000049

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, run the following command to verify there are no duplicate user IDs present:

# awk -F ":" 'list[$3]++{print $1, $3}' /etc/passwd

If any lines are returned, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

Target Key

5569