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RHEL 10 must enforce the audit log directory to have a mode of "0750" or less permissive to prevent unauthorized read access.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-281055RHEL-10-400190SV-281055r1165520_ruleCCI-000162medium
Description
If users can write to audit logs, audit trails can be modified or destroyed. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028, SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029
STIGDate
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-03-11

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (5) 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.

CFG-02Secure Baseline Configurations
1.00
CRY-01Use of Cryptographic Controls
1.00
DCH-01Data Protection
1.00
IAC-21Least Privilege
1.00
MON-08Protection of Event Logs
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (54) 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-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
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-3(4)Discretionary Access Control
1.00

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NIST 800-1710 mappings

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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.

3.3.8
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000162
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 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.

PR.DS-10
1.00

Who does this work

7 NICE work roles and 7 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-281055r1165520_chk)

Verify RHEL 10 enforces the audit log directory to have a mode of "0750" or less permissive to prevent unauthorized read access. Determine where the audit logs are stored with the following command: $ sudo grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf log_file = /var/log/audit/audit.log Find the group that owns audit logs: $ sudo grep "^log_group" /etc/audit/auditd.conf log_group = root Run the following command to check the mode of the system audit logs: $ sudo stat -c "%a %n" [audit_log_directory] Replace "[audit_log_directory]" to the correct audit log directory path; by default this location is "/var/log/audit". If the log_group is "root" or is not set, the correct permissions are "0700". If the log_group is owned by anyone other than "root", the correct permissions are "0750". If audit logs have a more permissive mode than is required, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-85521r1165519_fix)

Configure RHEL 10 so that the audit log directories have a mode of "0750" or less permissive to prevent unauthorized read access with the following command: $ sudo chmod 0700 /var/log/audit Note: The correct permissions are "0700" if the directory is owned by "root"; otherwise, the correct permissions are "0750". Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect: $ sudo service auditd restart