STIGQter: STIG Summary: Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 26 Mar 2026:

TOSS 5 audit service must be enabled.

DISA Rule

SV-282438r1200294_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-282438

Group Title

SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031

Rule Version

TOSS-05-000387

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

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-001880 - Provide a report generation capability that supports after-the-fact investigations of security incidents.
CCI-001881 - Provide an audit reduction capability that does not alter original content or time ordering of audit records.
CCI-001882 - Provide a report generation capability that does not alter original content or time ordering of audit records.
CCI-001889 - Record time stamps for audit records that meet organization-defined granularity of time measurement.
CCI-003938 - Automatically generate audit records of the enforcement actions.
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

Fix Recommendation

To enable the audit service, run the following command:

$ sudo systemctl enable --now auditd

Check Contents

Verify the audit service is configured to produce audit records using the following command:

$ systemctl status auditd.service

auditd.service - Security Auditing Service
Loaded:loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tues 2022-05-24 12:56:56 EST; 4 weeks 0 days ago

If the audit service is not "active" and "running", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-282438

Documentable

False

Rule Version

TOSS-05-000387

Severity Override Guidance

Check Content Reference

Target Key

5738