RHEL 9 must require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258086	RHEL-09-432025	SV-258086r943065_rule		Medium

Description
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

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-61827r943064_chk )
Verify that "/etc/sudoers" has no occurrences of "!authenticate" with the following command: $ sudo grep -ir '!authenticate' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/* If any occurrences of "!authenticate" are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61751r926244_fix)
Configure RHEL 9 to not allow users to execute privileged actions without authenticating. Remove any occurrence of "!authenticate" found in "/etc/sudoers" file or files in the "/etc/sudoers.d" directory. $ sudo sed -i '/\!authenticate/ s/^/# /g' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*