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RHEL 10 must log Secure Shell (SSH) connection attempts and failures to the server.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-281115RHEL-10-500215SV-281115r1184650_ruleCCI-000067medium
Description
SSH provides several logging levels with varying amounts of verbosity. "DEBUG" is specifically not recommended other than strictly for debugging SSH communications because it provides so much data that it is difficult to identify important security information. "INFO" or "VERBOSE" level is the basic level that only records login activity of SSH users. In many situations, such as incident response, it is important to determine when a particular user was active on a system. The logout record can eliminate users who disconnected, which helps narrow the field.
STIGDate
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-03-11

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1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

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NET-14.1Automated Monitoring & Control
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NIST 800-530 mappings

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Also reachable in 2 hops (22) derived by us, not asserted by any source

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AC-16Security and Privacy Attributes
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AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
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AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
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AC-3(3)Mandatory Access Control
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AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions
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AU-10Non-repudiation
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AU-12Audit Record Generation
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AU-14(1)System Start-up
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AU-14(2)Capture and Record Content
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AU-3Content of Audit Records
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NIST 800-1710 mappings

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3.1.12
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CCI1 mapping
CCI-000067
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Details

Check Text (C-281115r1184650_chk)

Verify RHEL 10 logs SSH connection attempts and failures to the server with the following command: $ sudo /usr/sbin/sshd -dd 2>&1 | awk '/filename/ {print $4}' | tr -d '\r' | tr '\n' ' ' | xargs sudo grep -iH '^\s*loglevel' /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/90-sshd.conf:LogLevel VERBOSE If a value of "VERBOSE" is not returned, or the line is commented out or missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-85581r1166296_fix)

Configure RHEL 10 to log connection attempts by adding or modifying the following line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" or in a file in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d": LogLevel VERBOSE Restart the SSH daemon with the following command for the settings to take effect: $ sudo systemctl restart sshd.service