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V-283454CAT I — High severitySV-283454r1188506_rule

AlmaLinux OS 9 must have the crypto-policies package installed.

Rule version ALMA-09-039840 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-25

Discussion

Centralized cryptographic policies simplify applying secure ciphers across an operating system and the applications that run on that operating system. Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000394-GPOS-00174, SRG-OS-000393-GPOS-00173

Check

Verify that the AlmaLinux OS 9 crypto-policies package is installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed crypto-policies

Installed Packages crypto-policies.noarch 20221215-1.git9a18988.el9 @anaconda

If the "crypto-policies" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix

Install the crypto-policies package with the following command:

$ dnf install crypto-policies

Identifiers

Group ID
V-283454
Group title
SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176
Rule ID
SV-283454r1188506_rule
Check ID
C-88019r1188504_chk
Fix ID
F-87924r1188505_fix