STIGQter: STIG Summary: Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 6 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

OL 9 must audit all uses of the passwd command.

DISA Rule

SV-271545r1092510_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-271545

Group Title

SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015

Rule Version

OL09-00-000590

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000130 - Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes what type of event occurred.
• CCI-000135 - Generate audit records containing the organization-defined additional information that is to be included in the audit records.
• CCI-000169 - Provide audit record generation capability for the event types the system is capable of auditing as defined in AU-2 a. on organization-defined information system components.
• CCI-002884 - Log organization-defined audit events for nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions.
• CCI-000172 - Generate audit records for the event types defined in AU-2 c that include the audit record content defined in AU-3.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure OL 9 to generate audit records upon successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the passwd command by adding or updating the following rule in "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules":

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/passwd -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-passwd

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

Restart auditd:
$ sudo service auditd restart

Check Contents

Verify that OL 9 generates audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/passwd" with the following command:

$ sudo auditctl -l | egrep '(/usr/bin/passwd)'
-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/passwd -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-passwd

If the command does not return a line or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-271545

Documentable

False

Rule Version

OL09-00-000590

Severity Override Guidance

Verify that OL 9 generates audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/passwd" with the following command:

$ sudo auditctl -l | egrep '(/usr/bin/passwd)'
-a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/passwd -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-passwd

If the command does not return a line or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5680