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

RHEL 10 must automatically expire temporary accounts within 72 hours.

DISA Rule

SV-281173r1166471_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-281173

Group Title

SRG-OS-000123-GPOS-00064

Rule Version

RHEL-10-600140

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001682 - Automatically removes or disables emergency accounts after an organization-defined time period for each type of account.
• CCI-000016 - Automatically remove or disable temporary and emergency accounts after an organization-defined time-period for each type of account.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure RHEL 10 to expire temporary accounts after 72 hours with the following command:

$ sudo chage -E $(date -d +3days +%Y-%m-%d) <temporary_account_name>

Check Contents

Verify RHEL 10 automatically expires temporary accounts within 72 hours.

For every existing temporary account, run the following command to obtain its account expiration information:

$ sudo chage -l <temporary_account_name> | grep -i "account expires"

Verify each of these accounts has an expiration date set within 72 hours.

If any temporary accounts have no expiration date set or do not expire within 72 hours, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-281173

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-10-600140

Severity Override Guidance

Verify RHEL 10 automatically expires temporary accounts within 72 hours.

For every existing temporary account, run the following command to obtain its account expiration information:

$ sudo chage -l <temporary_account_name> | grep -i "account expires"

Verify each of these accounts has an expiration date set within 72 hours.

If any temporary accounts have no expiration date set or do not expire within 72 hours, this is a finding.

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Target Key

5733