OL 9 must be a vendor supported release.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
high	V-271438	SRG-OS-000439-GPOS-00195	OL09-00-000010	SV-271438r1155341_rule	2025-12-22	1

Description
An operating system release is considered "supported" if the vendor continues to provide security patches for the product. With an unsupported release, it will not be possible to resolve security issues discovered in the system software. End Of Life dates for Oracle Linux 9 releases are as follows: Current end of Premier Support for Oracle Linux 9 is June 2032. Current end of Extended Support for Oracle Linux 9 is June 2035. Each minor version reaches end of life when the new version is released.

Description

An operating system release is considered "supported" if the vendor continues to provide security patches for the product. With an unsupported release, it will not be possible to resolve security issues discovered in the system software. End Of Life dates for Oracle Linux 9 releases are as follows: Current end of Premier Support for Oracle Linux 9 is June 2032. Current end of Extended Support for Oracle Linux 9 is June 2035. Each minor version reaches end of life when the new version is released.

ℹ️ Check
Verify OL 9 is vendor supported with the following command: $ cat /etc/oracle-release Oracle Linux Server release 9.6 If the installed version of OL 9 is not supported, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Upgrade OL 9 to a supported version.