STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

RHEL 10 must notify the system administrator (SA) and/or information system security officer (ISSO) (at a minimum) of an audit processing failure.

DISA Rule

SV-281114r1166294_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-281114

Group Title

SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022

Rule Version

RHEL-10-500210

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000139 - Alert organization-defined personnel or roles within an organization-defined time period in the event of an audit logging process failure.
• CCI-001855 - Provide a warning to organization-defined personnel, roles, and/or locations within an organization-defined time period when allocated audit log storage volume reaches an organization-defined percentage of repository maximum audit log storage capacity.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure RHEL 10 to notify the SA and/or ISSO (at a minimum) of an audit processing failure.

Edit the following line in "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" to ensure administrators are notified via email for those situations:

action_mail_acct = root

Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect:

$ sudo service auditd restart

Check Contents

Verify RHEL 10 is configured to notify the SA and/or ISSO (at a minimum) of an audit processing failure with the following command:

$ sudo grep action_mail_acct /etc/audit/auditd.conf
action_mail_acct = root

If the value of the "action_mail_acct" keyword is not set to "root" and/or other accounts for security personnel, the "action_mail_acct" keyword is missing, or the retuned line is commented out, ask the SA to indicate how they and the ISSO are notified of an audit process failure.

If there is no evidence of the proper personnel being notified of an audit processing failure, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-281114

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-10-500210

Severity Override Guidance

Verify RHEL 10 is configured to notify the SA and/or ISSO (at a minimum) of an audit processing failure with the following command:

$ sudo grep action_mail_acct /etc/audit/auditd.conf
action_mail_acct = root

If the value of the "action_mail_acct" keyword is not set to "root" and/or other accounts for security personnel, the "action_mail_acct" keyword is missing, or the retuned line is commented out, ask the SA to indicate how they and the ISSO are notified of an audit process failure.

If there is no evidence of the proper personnel being notified of an audit processing failure, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5733