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Nutanix OS must audit the execution of privileged functions.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-279545NXAC-OS-000033SV-279545r1192393_ruleCCI-002234medium
Description
Misusing privileged functions, either intentionally or unintentionally by authorized users, or by unauthorized external entities that have compromised information system accounts, is a serious and ongoing concern and can have significant adverse impacts on organizations. Auditing the use of privileged functions is one way to detect such misuse and identify the risk from insider threats and the advanced persistent threat. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000327-GPOS-00127, SRG-OS-000326-GPOS-00126
STIGDate
Nutanix Acropolis GPOS Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-02-24

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 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-21.4Auditing Use of Privileged Functions
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (34) 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(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(8)Privilege Levels for Code Execution
1.00
AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions
1.00
AU-10Non-repudiation
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-12(3)Changes by Authorized Individuals
1.00

+24 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.

3.1.7
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-002234
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-279545r1192393_chk)

Verify Nutanix OS is configured to audit the misuse of privileged commands using the following command. $ sudo grep -iw execve /etc/audit/audit.rules -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S execve -C uid!=euid -F euid=0 -k setuid -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S execve -C uid!=euid -F euid=0 -k setuid -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S execve -C gid!=egid -F egid=0 -k setgid -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S execve -C gid!=egid -F egid=0 -k setgid -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S execve -F auid>2000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k audit_execve -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S execve -F auid>2000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k audit_execve If both the "b32" and "b64" audit rules for "UID" and "GID" files are not defined, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-84003r1191598_fix)

1. For AOS, configure the audit rules. $ sudo salt-call state.sls security/CVM/auditCVM 2. For Prism Central, configure the audit rules. $ sudo salt-call state.sls security/PCVM/auditPCVM 3. For Files, configure the audit rules. $ sudo salt-call state.sls security/AFS/auditAFS 4. For AHV, configure the audit rules. $ sudo salt-call state.sls security/KVM/auditKVM