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RHEL 10 must generate audit records for successful and unsuccessful uses of the "execve" system call.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-281116RHEL-10-500300SV-281116r1166300_ruleCCI-002233medium
Description
Misuse of 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-000326-GPOS-00126, SRG-OS-000327-GPOS-00127, SRG-OS-000755-GPOS-00220
STIGDate
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-03-11

Related Frameworks

1 mapping 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.

IAC-21.7Privilege Levels for Code Execution
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (17) 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-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(4)Discretionary Access Control
1.00
AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00
AC-6(8)Privilege Levels for Code Execution
1.00
AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions
1.00
AU-3(1)Additional Audit Information
1.00
CM-5(6)Limit Library Privileges
1.00
CM-7Least Functionality
1.00
CM-7(2)Prevent Program Execution
1.00
CM-7(5)Authorized Software — Allow-by-exception
1.00

+7 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-002233
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-281116r1166300_chk)

Verify RHEL 10 is configured to audit the execution of the "execve" system call with the following command: $ sudo auditctl -l | grep execve -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S execve -C uid!=euid -F euid=0 -F key=execpriv -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S execve -C uid!=euid -F euid=0 -F key=execpriv -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S execve -C gid!=egid -F egid=0 -F key=execpriv -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S execve -C gid!=egid -F egid=0 -F key=execpriv If the command does not return all lines, or the lines are commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-85582r1166299_fix)

Configure RHEL 10 to generate audit records upon successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the "execve" system call. Add or update the following file system rules to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules": -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S execve -C uid!=euid -F euid=0 -k execpriv -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S execve -C uid!=euid -F euid=0 -k execpriv -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S execve -C gid!=egid -F egid=0 -k execpriv -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S execve -C gid!=egid -F egid=0 -k execpriv Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect: $ sudo service auditd restart