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RHEL 10 must enable the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) interface for SSHD.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-281216RHEL-10-600640SV-281216r1166600_ruleCCI-000877high
Description
When "UsePAM" is set to "yes", PAM runs through account and session types properly. This is important when restricted access to services based on IP, time, or other factors of the account is needed. Additionally, this ensures users can inherit certain environment variables on login or disallow access to the server.
STIGDate
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-03-11

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

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Also reachable in 3 hops (3) derived by us, not asserted by any source

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MNT-05Remote Maintenance
0.50
MNT-05.1Auditing Remote Maintenance
0.50
MNT-05.2Remote Maintenance Notifications
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

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Also reachable in 2 hops (44) 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(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
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(4)Discretionary Access Control
1.00
AC-7Unsuccessful Logon Attempts
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.

3.7.5
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CCI1 mapping
CCI-000877
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Details

Check Text (C-281216r1166600_chk)

Verify RHEL 10 SSHD is configured to allow for the "UsePAM" interface 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*usepam' UsePAM yes If the "UsePAM" keyword is set to "no", is missing, or is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-85682r1166599_fix)

Configure RHEL 10 SSHD to use the "UsePAM" interface by adding or modifying the following line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" or in a file in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d". UsePAM yes Restart the SSH daemon with the following command for the settings to take effect: $ sudo systemctl restart sshd.service