The operating system must restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-274861 | SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176 | UBTU-22-654224 | SV-274861r1101704_rule | 2025-05-16 | 2 |
| Description |
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| If the "sudoers" file is not configured correctly, any user defined on the system can initiate privileged actions on the target system. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify the operating system restricts privilege elevation to authorized personnel with the following command: $ sudo grep -iwR 'ALL' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ | grep -v '#' If the either of the following entries are returned, this is a finding: ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure the operating system to restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel. Remove the following entries from the /etc/sudoers file or any configuration file under /etc/sudoers.d/: ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL |