YUM must remove all software components after updated versions have been installed on RHEL 8.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-230281	RHEL-08-010440	SV-230281r958936_rule	CCI-002617	low
Description
Previous versions of software components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed may be exploited by adversaries. Some information technology products may remove older versions of software automatically from the information system.
STIG			Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide			2026-02-05

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.

VPM-05.5Removal of Previous Versions

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R7intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2equal to

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 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.

SI-2(6)Removal of Previous Versions of Software and Firmware

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R7intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CCI1 mapping

CCI-002617

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R7intersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-230281r958936_chk)

Verify the operating system removes all software components after updated versions have been installed. Check if YUM is configured to remove unneeded packages with the following command: $ sudo grep -i clean_requirements_on_remove /etc/dnf/dnf.conf clean_requirements_on_remove=True If "clean_requirements_on_remove" is not set to either "1", "True", or "yes", commented out, or is missing from "/etc/dnf/dnf.conf", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32925r567590_fix)

Configure the operating system to remove all software components after updated versions have been installed. Set the "clean_requirements_on_remove" option to "True" in the "/etc/dnf/dnf.conf" file: clean_requirements_on_remove=True