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V-248623CAT II — Medium severitySV-248623r991589_rule

OL 8 must prevent files with the setuid and setgid bit set from being executed on file systems that are used with removable media.

Rule version OL08-00-010620 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-24

Discussion

The "nosuid" mount option causes the system not to execute "setuid" and "setgid" files with owner privileges. This option must be used for mounting any file system not containing approved "setuid" and "setguid" files. Executing files from untrusted file systems increases the opportunity for unprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

Check

Verify that file systems used for removable media are mounted with the "nosuid" option with the following command:

$ sudo more /etc/fstab 

UUID=2bc871e4-e2a3-4f29-9ece-3be60c835222 /mnt/usbflash vfat noauto,owner,ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0

If a file system found in "/etc/fstab" refers to removable media and it does not have the "nosuid" option set, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the "/etc/fstab" to use the "nosuid" option on file systems that are associated with removable media.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-248623
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-248623r991589_rule
Check ID
C-52057r779433_chk
Fix ID
F-52011r779434_fix