STIGUI
V-248582CAT II — Medium severitySV-248582r1101872_rule

OL 8 must require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation and changing roles.

Rule version OL08-00-010381 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-24

Discussion

Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization.

When operating systems provide the capability to escalate a functional capability, it is critical the user reauthenticate.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00158

Check

Verify that the "/etc/sudoers" file has no occurrences of "!authenticate" by running the following command:

     $ sudo egrep -iR '!authenticate' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/

If any occurrences of "!authenticate" return from the command, this is a finding.

Fix

Remove any occurrence of "!authenticate" found in the "/etc/sudoers" file or files in the "/etc/sudoers.d" directory.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-248582
Group title
SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156
Rule ID
SV-248582r1101872_rule
Check ID
C-52016r1101871_chk
Fix ID
F-51970r779311_fix