STIGQter: STIG Summary: Canonical Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 6 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS audit system must protect auditing rules from unauthorized change.

DISA Rule

SV-270832r1068399_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-270832

Group Title

SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028

Rule Version

UBTU-24-909000

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000163 - Protect audit information from unauthorized modification.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

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

-e 2

Check Contents

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

$ grep -E '^-e 2' /etc/audit/audit.rules
-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-270832

Documentable

False

Rule Version

UBTU-24-909000

Severity Override Guidance

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

$ grep -E '^-e 2' /etc/audit/audit.rules
-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

5673