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RHEL 10 must restrict the use of the "su" command.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-281205RHEL-10-600500SV-281205r1166567_ruleCCI-002038medium
Description
The "su" program allows commands to be run with a substitute user and group ID. It is commonly used to run commands as the root user. Limiting access to such commands is considered a good security practice. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156, SRG-OS-000312-GPOS-00123
STIGDate
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-03-11

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (6) 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-01.2Authenticate, Authorize and Audit (AAA)
1.00
IAC-02Identification & Authentication for Organizational Users
1.00
IAC-03Identification & Authentication for Non-Organizational Users
1.00
IAC-04Identification & Authentication for Devices
1.00
IAC-05Identification & Authentication for Third-Party Technology Assets, Applications and/or Services (TAAS)
1.00
IAC-14Re-Authentication
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (42) 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-11Device Lock
1.00
AC-11(1)Pattern-hiding Displays
1.00
AC-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-3(4)Discretionary Access Control
1.00
AC-4(17)Domain Authentication
1.00

+32 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-002038
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) 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.AA-01
1.00
PR.AA-03
1.00

Who does this work

7 NICE work roles and 5 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-281205r1166567_chk)

Verify RHEL 10 requires users to be members of the "wheel" group to run "su". Verify the configuration with the following command: $ sudo grep pam_wheel /etc/pam.d/su auth required pam_wheel.so use_uid If a line for "pam_wheel.so" does not exist or is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-85671r1166566_fix)

Configure RHEL 10 to require users to be in the "wheel" group to run the "su" command. Edit the configuration file: $ sudo vi /etc/pam.d/su Add the following lines: auth required pam_wheel.so use_uid $ sed '/^[[:space:]]*#[[:space:]]*auth[[:space:]]\+required[[:space:]]\+pam_wheel\.so[[:space:]]\+use_uid$/s/^[[:space:]]*#//' -i /etc/pam.d/su If necessary, create a "wheel" group and add administrative users to the group.