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V-260579CAT I High severitySV-260579r958452_rule

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must map the authenticated identity to the user or group account for PKI-based authentication.

Rule version UBTU-22-612040 · STIG v2 · 2026-05-14

Discussion

Without mapping the certificate used to authenticate to the user account, the ability to determine the identity of the individual user or group will not be available for forensic analysis.

Check

Verify that "use_mappers" is set to "pwent" in "/etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf" file by using the following command:

     $ grep -i use_mappers /etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf 
     use_mappers = pwent 

If "use_mappers" does not contain "pwent", is commented out, or is missing, this is a finding.

Fix

Set "use_mappers=pwent" in "/etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf" or, if there is already a comma-separated list of mappers, add it to the list, separated by comma, and before the null mapper.

If the system is missing an "/etc/pam_pkcs11/" directory and an "/etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf", find an example to copy into place and modify accordingly at "/usr/share/doc/libpam-pkcs11/examples/pam_pkcs11.conf.example.gz".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-260579
Group title
SRG-OS-000068-GPOS-00036
Rule ID
SV-260579r958452_rule
Check ID
C-64308r953548_chk
Fix ID
F-64216r953549_fix