TOSS 5 must disable the ability of systemd to spawn an interactive boot process.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-282627 | TOSS-05-000093 | SV-282627r1200861_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Using interactive or recovery boot, the console user could disable auditing, firewalls, or other services, thereby weakening system security. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-04-01 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-282627r1200861_chk)
Verify GRUB 2 is configured to disable interactive boot.
Check that the current GRUB 2 configuration disables the ability of systemd to spawn an interactive boot process using the following command:
$ sudo grubby --info=ALL | grep args | grep 'systemd.confirm_spawn'
If any output is returned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-87093r1200860_fix)
Configure TOSS 5 to allocate sufficient audit_backlog_limit to disable the ability of systemd to spawn an interactive boot process using the following command:
$ sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --remove-args="systemd.confirm_spawn"