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

RHEL 10 must ensure account lockouts persist.

DISA Rule

SV-281198r1166546_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-281198

Group Title

SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

Rule Version

RHEL-10-600430

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000044 - Enforce the organization-defined limit of consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during the organization-defined time period.
• CCI-002238 - Automatically lock the account or node for either an organization-defined time period, until the locked account or node is released by an administrator, or delays the next logon prompt according to the organization-defined delay algorithm when the maximum number of unsuccessful logon attempts is exceeded.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure RHEL 10 to maintain the contents of the "faillock" directory after a reboot.

Add/modify the "/etc/security/faillock.conf" file to match the following line:

dir = /var/log/faillock

Check Contents

Verify RHEL 10 is configured so that the "/etc/security/faillock.conf" file uses a nondefault "faillock" directory to ensure contents persist after reboot with the following command:

$ sudo grep -w dir /etc/security/faillock.conf
dir = /var/log/faillock

If the "dir" option is not set to a nondefault documented tally log directory, is commented out, or is missing, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-281198

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-10-600430

Severity Override Guidance

Verify RHEL 10 is configured so that the "/etc/security/faillock.conf" file uses a nondefault "faillock" directory to ensure contents persist after reboot with the following command:

$ sudo grep -w dir /etc/security/faillock.conf
dir = /var/log/faillock

If the "dir" option is not set to a nondefault documented tally log directory, is commented out, or is missing, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5733