TOSS 5 must restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-282736TOSS-05-000328SV-282736r1201188_ruleCCI-000366medium
Description
If the "sudoers" file is not configured correctly, any user defined on the system can initiate privileged actions on the target system.
STIGDate
Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-04-01

Details

Check Text (C-282736r1201188_chk)

Verify TOSS 5 restricts privilege elevation to authorized personnel using the following command: $ sudo sh -c 'grep -iw ALL /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*' If the either of the following entries are returned, this is a finding: ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

Fix Text (F-87202r1201187_fix)

Remove the following entries from the /etc/sudoers file or configuration file under /etc/sudoers.d/: ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL