STIGUI
V-223631CAT II — Medium severitySV-223631r1268251_rule

IBM z/OS UNIX BPXPRMxx security parameters in PARMLIB must be properly specified.

Rule version ACF2-US-000160 · STIG v9 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example: registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections.

Check

Refer to the proper BPXPRMxx member in SYS1.PARMLIB.

If the required parameter keywords and values are defined as detailed below, this is not a finding.

Parameter Keyword Value

SUPERUSER BPXROOT TTYGROUP TTY STEPLIBLIST /etc/steplib USERIDALIASTABLE will not be specified. ROOT SETUID will be specified. MOUNT NOSETUID SETUID (for Vendor-provided files) SECURITY STARTUP_PROC OMVS

Fix

Define the settings in PARMLIB member BPXPRMxx for z/OS UNIX security parameters values to conform to the specifications below: Parameter Keyword Value

SUPERUSER BPXROOT TTYGROUP TTY STEPLIBLIST /etc/steplib USERIDALIASTABLE will not be specified. ROOT SETUID will be specified. MOUNT NOSETUID SETUID (for Vendor-provided files) SECURITY STARTUP_PROC OMVS

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223631
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-223631r1268251_rule
Check ID
C-25304r864505_chk
Fix ID
F-25292r864506_fix