The operating system must restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-274861 | UBTU-22-654224 | SV-274861r1101704_rule | CCI-002038 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| If the "sudoers" file is not configured correctly, any user defined on the system can initiate privileged actions on the target system. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-16 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-274861r1101704_chk)
Verify the operating system restricts privilege elevation to authorized personnel with the following command:
$ sudo grep -iwR 'ALL' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ | grep -v '#'
If the either of the following entries are returned, this is a finding:
ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL
ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
Fix Text (F-78867r1101703_fix)
Configure the operating system to restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel.
Remove the following entries from the /etc/sudoers file or any configuration file under /etc/sudoers.d/:
ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL
ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL