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RHEL 8.7 and higher must terminate idle user sessions.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-257258RHEL-08-020035SV-257258r1069328_ruleCCI-001133medium
Description
Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take control of a management session enabled on the console or console port that has been left unattended.
STIGDate
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-02-05

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 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.

NET-07Network Connection Termination
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (24) 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-12(2)Termination Message
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-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-7Unsuccessful Logon Attempts
1.00

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NIST 800-1710 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.

3.13.9
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001133
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-257258r1069328_chk)

Note: This requirement applies to RHEL versions 8.7 and higher. If the system is not RHEL version 8.7 or newer, this requirement is not applicable. Note: For cloud hosted systems where "ClientAliveInterval" (V-244525) is configured, this setting is not applicable. Verify that RHEL 8 logs out sessions that are idle for 10 minutes with the following command: $ sudo grep -i ^StopIdleSessionSec /etc/systemd/logind.conf StopIdleSessionSec=600 If "StopIdleSessionSec" is not configured to "600" seconds, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60884r1014792_fix)

Configure RHEL 8 to log out idle sessions after 10 minutes by editing the /etc/systemd/logind.conf file with the following line: StopIdleSessionSec=600 The "logind" service must be restarted for the changes to take effect. To restart the "logind" service, run the following command: $ sudo systemctl restart systemd-logind