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V-279601CAT II — Medium severitySV-279601r1192483_rule

Nutanix OS must not install autofs.service.

Rule version NXAC-OS-000157 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Without identifying devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity.

Peripherals include, but are not limited to, such devices as flash drives, external storage, and printers.

Check

Verify Nutanix OS is configured to not automount devices using the following command.

$ sudo systemctl status autofs

If "autofs.sevice" is installed and or enabled, this is a finding.

Fix

Nutanix OS does not support the autofs.service by design. If autofs.service is enabled, some type of corruption has occurred and the OS must be rebuilt.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-279601
Group title
SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059
Rule ID
SV-279601r1192483_rule
Check ID
C-84154r1192482_chk
Fix ID
F-84059r1191766_fix