Amazon Linux 2023 must require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-274015 | SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156 | AZLX-23-001015 | SV-274015r1120033_rule | 2025-07-15 | 1 |
| Description |
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| Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify Amazon Linux 2023 requires users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation. Ensure that "/etc/sudoers" has no occurrences of "!authenticate" with the following command: $ sudo grep -ir '!authenticate' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ If any occurrences of "!authenticate" are returned, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure Amazon Linux 2023 to not allow users to execute privileged actions without authenticating. Remove any occurrence of "!authenticate" found in "/etc/sudoers" file or files in the "/etc/sudoers.d" directory. $ sudo sed -i '/\!authenticate/ s/^/# /g' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/* |