The TOSS 5 /boot/grub2/grub.cfg file must be group owned by root.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-282628TOSS-05-000095SV-282628r1200864_ruleCCI-000366medium
Description
The "root" group is a highly privileged group. Furthermore, the group owner of this file should not have any access privileges.
STIGDate
Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-04-01

Details

Check Text (C-282628r1200864_chk)

Verify the group ownership of the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file using the following command: $ sudo stat -c "%G %n" /boot/grub2/grub.cfg root /boot/grub2/grub.cfg If "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file does not have a group owner of "root", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-87094r1200863_fix)

Change the group of the file /boot/grub2/grub.cfg to root using the following command: $ sudo chgrp root /boot/grub2/grub.cfg