STIGQter: STIG Summary: Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 9 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must permit only authorized groups to own the audit configuration files.

DISA Rule

SV-260603r958444_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-260603

Group Title

SRG-OS-000063-GPOS-00032

Rule Version

UBTU-22-653075

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

CCI-000171 - Allow organization-defined personnel or roles to select the event types that are to be logged by specific components of the system.

Weight

Fix Recommendation

Configure "/etc/audit/audit.rules", "/etc/audit/rules.d/*", and "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" files to be owned by root group by using the following command:

$ sudo chown -R :root /etc/audit/audit.rules /etc/audit/auditd.conf /etc/audit/rules.d/*

Check Contents

Verify that "/etc/audit/audit.rules", "/etc/audit/auditd.conf", and "/etc/audit/rules.d/*" files are owned by root group by using the following command:

$ sudo ls -al /etc/audit/audit.rules /etc/audit/auditd.conf /etc/audit/rules.d/* | awk '{print $4, $9}'
root /etc/audit/audit.rules
root /etc/audit/auditd.conf
root /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules

If "/etc/audit/audit.rules", "/etc/audit/auditd.conf", or "/etc/audit/rules.d/*" files are owned by a group other than "root", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-260603

Documentable

False

Rule Version

UBTU-22-653075

Severity Override Guidance

Check Content Reference

Target Key

5594