Amazon Linux 2023 must require users to provide a password for privilege escalation.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-274016 | AZLX-23-001020 | SV-274016r1120036_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Amazon Linux 2023 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-02-27 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-274016r1120036_chk)
Verify Amazon Linux 2023 requires users to provide a password for privilege escalation.
Ensure that "/etc/sudoers" has no occurrences of "NOPASSWD" with the following command:
$ sudo grep -ri nopasswd /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/
If any occurrences of "NOPASSWD" are returned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-78012r1120035_fix)
Configure Amazon Linux 2023 to not allow users to execute privileged actions without authenticating with a password.
Remove any occurrence of "NOPASSWD" found in "/etc/sudoers" file or files in the "/etc/sudoers.d" directory.
$ sudo sed -i '/NOPASSWD/ s/^/# /g' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*