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AIX must disable Kerberos Authentication in ssh config file to enforce access restrictions.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-215291AIX7-00-002107SV-215291r1009547_ruleCCI-003938medium
Description
Without auditing the enforcement of access restrictions against changes to the application configuration, it will be difficult to identify attempted attacks and an audit trail will not be available for forensic investigation for after-the-fact actions. Enforcement actions are the methods or mechanisms used to prevent unauthorized changes to configuration settings. Enforcement action methods may be as simple as denying access to a file based on the application of file permissions (access restriction). Audit items may consist of lists of actions blocked by access restrictions or changes identified after the fact.
STIGDate
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-06-15

Related Frameworks

2 mappings across 3 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.

CHG-04.1Automated Access Enforcement / Auditing
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (60) 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-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00

+50 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI2 mappings
CCI-001814
1.00
CCI-003938
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-215291r1009547_chk)

Check the SSH daemon configuration for the Kerberos authentication setting: # grep -i KerberosAuthentication /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v '^#' If the setting is present and set to "yes", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16487r294325_fix)

Edit the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file and add or change the "KerberosAuthentication" value of the setting to "no". Refresh sshd: # stopsrc -s sshd # startsrc -s sshd