STIGUI
V-263650CAT II — Medium severitySV-263650r982553_rule

The operating system must disable accounts when the accounts are no longer associated to a user.

Rule version SRG-OS-000590-GPOS-00110 · STIG v3 · 2026-09-03

Discussion

Disabling expired, inactive, or otherwise anomalous accounts supports the concepts of least privilege and least functionality which reduce the attack surface of the system.

Check

Verify the operating system is configured to disable accounts when the accounts are no longer associated to a user.

If the operating system is not configured to disable accounts when the accounts are no longer associated to a user, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the operating system to disable accounts when the accounts are no longer associated to a user.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-263650
Group title
SRG-OS-000590
Rule ID
SV-263650r982553_rule
Check ID
C-67563r982552_chk
Fix ID
F-67471r982219_fix