RHEL 10 must enforce "root" group ownership of the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-281086 | RHEL-10-400345 | SV-281086r1165613_rule | CCI-000213 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| The "root" group is a highly privileged group. Furthermore, the group owner of this file should not have any access privileges anyway. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-03-11 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-281086r1165613_chk)
Verify RHEL 10 enforces group ownership of the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file with the following command:
$ sudo stat -c "%G %n" /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
root /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
If the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file does not have a group owner of "root", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-85552r1165612_fix)
Configure RHEL 10 to enforce group ownership of the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file.
Change the group owner of the file "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" to "root" by running the following command:
$ sudo chgrp root /boot/grub2/grub.cfg