STIGUI
V-248626CAT II — Medium severitySV-248626r1156666_rule

OL 8 must prevent files with the setuid and setgid bit set from being executed on file systems that are imported via Network File System (NFS).

Rule version OL08-00-010650 · 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 nonprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

Check

Note: If no NFS mounts are configured, this requirement is Not Applicable.

Verify file systems being imported via NFS are mounted with the "nosuid" option with the following command:

$ sudo grep nfs /etc/fstab | grep nosuid 

UUID=e06097bb-cfcd-437b-9e4d-a691f5662a7d /store nfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0

If a file system found in "/etc/fstab" refers to NFS 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 being imported via NFS.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-248626
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-248626r1156666_rule
Check ID
C-52060r1155540_chk
Fix ID
F-52014r779443_fix