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RHEL 10 must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/shadow".

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-281160RHEL-10-500740SV-281160r1184695_ruleCCI-000018medium
Description
In addition to auditing new user and group accounts, these watches will alert the system administrator(s) to any modifications. Any unexpected users, groups, or modifications should be investigated for legitimacy. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000304-GPOS-00121, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000239-GPOS-00089, SRG-OS-000240-GPOS-00090, SRG-OS-000241-GPOS-00091, SRG-OS-000303-GPOS-00120, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000476-GPOS-00221
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-15.4Automated Audit Actions
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (49) 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-16Security and Privacy Attributes
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(3)Mandatory Access Control
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions
1.00

+39 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-000018
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-281160r1184695_chk)

Verify RHEL 10 generates audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/shadow" with the following command: $ sudo auditctl -l | egrep '(/etc/shadow)' -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -F path=/etc/shadow -F perm=wa -F key=identity -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -F path=/etc/shadow -F perm=wa -F key=identity If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-85626r1166431_fix)

Configure RHEL 10 to generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/shadow". Add or update the following file system rule to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules": -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -F path=/etc/shadow -F perm=wa -F key=identity -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -F path=/etc/shadow -F perm=wa -F key=identity Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect: $ sudo service auditd restart