Amazon Linux 2023 must have SSH installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-274038	AZLX-23-001180	SV-274038r1120102_rule	CCI-001941	high
Description
Without protection of the transmitted information, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised because unprotected communications can be intercepted and either read or altered. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000112-GPOS-00057, SRG-OS-000113-GPOS-00058, SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187, SRG-OS-000424-GPOS-00188, SRG-OS-000425-GPOS-00189, SRG-OS-000426-GPOS-00190
STIG			Date
Amazon Linux 2023 Security Technical Implementation Guide			2026-02-27

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 5 frameworks

SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

IAC-02.2Replay-Resistant Authentication

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2equal to

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (78) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-11Device Lock

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-11(1)Pattern-hiding Displays

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(11)Usage Conditions

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(3)Disable Accounts

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

+68 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.5.4

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2, Appendix DRev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021)equal to(normalised)

CCI1 mapping

CCI-001941

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)

NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 4 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

PR.AA-04

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2equal to
NIST OLIR Informative ReferenceOLIR 153 (2025-04-07)intersects(normalised)SCF Focal Document mapping (catalog)SCF 2026.2 focalintersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-274038r1120102_chk)

Verify Amazon Linux 2023 has the openssh-server package installed with the following command: $ dnf list --installed openssh-server Installed Packages openssh-server.x86_64 8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.13 @amazonlinux If the "openssh-server" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-78034r1120101_fix)

Configure Amazon Linux 2023 to have the openssh-server package installed with the following command: $ sudo dnf install -y openssh-server