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

RHEL 10 must not have unauthorized accounts.

DISA Rule

SV-281199r1166549_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-281199

Group Title

SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

Rule Version

RHEL-10-600450

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000213 - Enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure RHEL 10 to have no unauthorized local interactive user accounts with the following command, where <unauthorized_user> is the unauthorized account:

$ sudo userdel <unauthorized_user>

Check Contents

Verify RHEL 10 has no unauthorized local interactive user accounts with the following command:

$ less /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
...
nsauser:x:1000:1000:nsauser:/home/nsauser:/bin/bash
doduser:x:1001:1001:doduser:/home/doduser:/bin/bash

Interactive user accounts generally will have a user ID (UID) of 1000 or greater, a home directory in a specific partition, and an interactive shell.

Obtain the list of interactive user accounts authorized to be on the system from the system administrator or information system security officer and compare it to the list of local interactive user accounts on the system.

If there are unauthorized local user accounts on the system, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-281199

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-10-600450

Severity Override Guidance

Verify RHEL 10 has no unauthorized local interactive user accounts with the following command:

$ less /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
...
nsauser:x:1000:1000:nsauser:/home/nsauser:/bin/bash
doduser:x:1001:1001:doduser:/home/doduser:/bin/bash

Interactive user accounts generally will have a user ID (UID) of 1000 or greater, a home directory in a specific partition, and an interactive shell.

Obtain the list of interactive user accounts authorized to be on the system from the system administrator or information system security officer and compare it to the list of local interactive user accounts on the system.

If there are unauthorized local user accounts on the system, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5733