RHEL-10-600520 RHEL 10 must restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel.
DISA STIG library V1R3
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Maps to SI-6 via CCI-002696
Title
RHEL 10 must restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel.
Control
Verify RHEL 10 restricts privilege elevation to authorized personnel with the following command: $ sudo grep -riw ALL /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ | grep -v "#" If the either of the following entries is returned, this is a finding: ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
Discussion
If the "sudoers" file is not configured correctly, any user defined on the system can initiate privileged actions on the target system.
Related controls
CCI-002696
Fix
Configure RHEL 10 to restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel. Remove the following entries from the "/etc/sudoers" file or configuration file under "/etc/sudoers.d/": ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL