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 require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation.

DISA Rule

SV-258847r1050789_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-258847

Group Title

SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

Rule Version

PHTN-40-000133

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-004895 - Permit users to invoke the trusted communications path for communications between the user and the organization-defined security functions, including at a minimum, authentication and re-authentication.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Check the configuration of the "/etc/sudoers" and "/etc/sudoers.d/*" files with the following command:

# visudo

OR

# visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/<file name>

Remove any occurrences of "NOPASSWD" tags associated with user accounts with a password hash.

Check Contents

At the command line, run the following commands to verify users with a set password are not allowed to sudo without reauthentication:

# grep -ihs nopasswd /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*|grep -vE '(^#|^%)'

# awk -F: '($2 != "x" && $2 != "!") {print $1}' /etc/shadow

If any account listed in the first output is also listed in the second output and is not documented, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-258847

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-40-000133

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, run the following commands to verify users with a set password are not allowed to sudo without reauthentication:

# grep -ihs nopasswd /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*|grep -vE '(^#|^%)'

# awk -F: '($2 != "x" && $2 != "!") {print $1}' /etc/shadow

If any account listed in the first output is also listed in the second output and is not documented, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5569