AlmaLinux OS 9 must use the TuxCare ESU repository.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
high	V-269125	SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014	ALMA-09-004310	SV-269125r1107616_rule	2025-05-22	1

Description
FIPS 140-3-validated packages are available from TuxCare. The TuxCare repositories provide the packages and updates not found in the community repositories. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014, SRG-OS-000125-GPOS-00065, SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176, SRG-OS-000478-GPOS-00223

ℹ️ Check
Verify that AlmaLinux OS 9 is using the TuxCare ESU repositories with the following command: $ dnf repolist \| grep tuxcare tuxcare-base TuxCare Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux 9.2 - Base tuxcare-esu TuxCare Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux 9.2 - ESU tuxcare-radar TuxCare Radar If the tuxcare-esu repository is not enabled, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
FIPS-validated packages are available from TuxCare as part of the Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux product line. Access the packages by purchasing an ESU license key. Configure the operating system to implement FIPS mode with the following commands (replace 9.2 with 9.6 if using that version of ESU): $ dnf -y install https://repo.tuxcare.com/tuxcare/tuxcare-release-latest-9.2.noarch.rpm $ tuxctl --license-key ESU-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX $ dnf -y upgrade $ fips-mode-setup --enable $ reboot

✔️ Fix

FIPS-validated packages are available from TuxCare as part of the Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux product line. Access the packages by purchasing an ESU license key. Configure the operating system to implement FIPS mode with the following commands (replace 9.2 with 9.6 if using that version of ESU): $ dnf -y install https://repo.tuxcare.com/tuxcare/tuxcare-release-latest-9.2.noarch.rpm $ tuxctl --license-key ESU-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX $ dnf -y upgrade $ fips-mode-setup --enable $ reboot