STIGUI
V-268103CAT II — Medium severitySV-268103r1131008_rule

NixOS must take action when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity.

Rule version ANIX-00-000420 · STIG v1 · 2025-08-19

Discussion

If security personnel are not notified immediately when storage volume reaches 75 percent utilization, they are unable to plan for audit record storage capacity expansion.

Check

Verify NixOS takes action when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage capacity with the following commands:

$ sudo grep -w space_left /etc/audit/auditd.conf

space_left = 25%

If the value of the "space_left" keyword is not set to "25%" or if the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the operating system to initiate an action to notify the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO) (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of the repository maximum audit record storage.

Add the following Nix code to the NixOS Configuration, usually located in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix or /etc/nixos/flake.nix: environment.etc."audit/auditd.conf".text = [ '' space_left = 25% '' ];

Rebuild and switch to the new NixOS configuration: $ sudo nixos-rebuild switch

Identifiers

Group ID
V-268103
Group title
SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022
Rule ID
SV-268103r1131008_rule
Check ID
C-72027r1039195_chk
Fix ID
F-71930r1131007_fix