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The SUSE operating system must disable account identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity after password expiration.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-234871SLES-15-020050SV-234871r1009619_ruleCCI-003627medium
Description
Inactive identifiers pose a risk to systems and applications because attackers may exploit an inactive identifier and potentially obtain undetected access to the system. Owners of inactive accounts will not notice if unauthorized access to their user account has been obtained. The SUSE operating system needs to track periods of inactivity and disable application identifiers after 35 days of inactivity.
STIGDate
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-02-19

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.

IAC-15.3Disable Inactive Accounts
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (68) 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-2Account Management
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
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-2(7)Privileged User Accounts
1.00

+58 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-003627
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-234871r1009619_chk)

Verify the SUSE operating system disables account identifiers after 35 days of inactivity since the password expiration. Check the account inactivity value by performing the following command: > sudo grep -i '^inactive' /etc/default/useradd INACTIVE=35 If no output is produced, or if "INACTIVE" is not set to a value greater than "0" and less than or equal to "35", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38022r928530_fix)

Configure the SUSE operating system to disable account identifiers after 35 days of inactivity since the password expiration. Run the following command to change the configuration for "useradd" to disable the account identifier after 35 days: > sudo useradd -D -f 35 DOD recommendation is 35 days, but a lower value greater than "0" is acceptable.