Amazon Linux 2023 must require users to provide a password for privilege escalation.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-274016 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | AZLX-23-001020 | SV-274016r1120036_rule | 2026-05-22 | 1 |
Description
Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization.
ℹ️ Check
Verify Amazon Linux 2023 requires users to provide a password for privilege escalation.
Ensure that "/etc/sudoers" has no occurrences of "NOPASSWD" with the following command:
$ sudo grep -ri nopasswd /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/
If any occurrences of "NOPASSWD" are returned, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Configure Amazon Linux 2023 to not allow users to execute privileged actions without authenticating with a password.
Remove any occurrence of "NOPASSWD" found in "/etc/sudoers" file or files in the "/etc/sudoers.d" directory.
$ sudo sed -i '/NOPASSWD/ s/^/# /g' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*