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RHEL 9 must prevent a user from overriding the disabling of the graphical user smart card removal action.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-258020RHEL-09-271050SV-258020r1045094_ruleCCI-000056medium
Description
A session lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the information system but does not want to log out because of the temporary nature of the absence. The session lock is implemented at the point where session activity can be determined. Rather than be forced to wait for a period of time to expire before the user session can be locked, RHEL 9 needs to provide users with the ability to manually invoke a session lock so users can secure their session if it is necessary to temporarily vacate the immediate physical vicinity. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009, SRG-OS-000030-GPOS-00011
STIGDate
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 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.

IAC-24Session Lock
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (15) 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
AU-10Non-repudiation
1.00
IA-2Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)
1.00
IA-2(1)Multi-factor Authentication to Privileged Accounts
1.00
IA-2(12)Acceptance of PIV Credentials
1.00
IA-2(2)Multi-factor Authentication to Non-privileged Accounts
1.00
IA-2(3)Local Access to Privileged Accounts
1.00
IA-2(4)Local Access to Non-privileged Accounts
1.00

+5 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

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.

3.1.10
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000056
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-258020r1045094_chk)

Note: This requirement assumes the use of the RHEL 9 default graphical user interface, the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is Not Applicable. Verify RHEL 9 disables ability of the user to override the smart card removal action setting. $ gsettings writable org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.smartcard removal-action false If "removal-action" is writable and the result is "true", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61685r926046_fix)

Add the following line to "/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/00-security-settings-lock" to prevent user override of the smart card removal action: /org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/smartcard/removal-action Then update the dconf system databases: $ sudo dconf update