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RHEL-10-600560 RHEL 10 must require users to provide a password for privilege escalation.

DISA STIG library V1R3
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Maps to IA-11 via CCI-002038

Title

RHEL 10 must require users to provide a password for privilege escalation.

Control

Verify RHEL 10 has no occurrences of "NOPASSWD" in "/etc/sudoers" with the following command: $ sudo grep -ir nopasswd /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ | grep -v '#' If any occurrences of "NOPASSWD" are returned from the command and have not been documented with the information system security officer as an organizationally defined administrative group using multifactor authentication, this is a finding.

Discussion

Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When operating systems provide the capability to escalate a functional capability, it is critical that the user reauthenticate. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00158

Related controls

CCI-002038

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to not allow users to execute privileged actions without authenticating with a password. Remove any occurrence of "NOPASSWD" found in the "/etc/sudoers" file or files in the "/etc/sudoers.d" directory: $ sudo find /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d -type f -exec sed -i '/NOPASSWD/ s/^/# /g' {} \;