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V-271610CAT II — Medium severitySV-271610r1091542_rule

OL 9 must use the CAC smart card driver.

Rule version OL09-00-000940 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-21

Discussion

Smart card login provides two-factor authentication stronger than that provided by a username and password combination. Smart cards leverage public key infrastructure to provide and verify credentials. Configuring the smart card driver in use by the organization helps to prevent users from using unauthorized smart cards.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051, SRG-OS-000106-GPOS-00053, SRG-OS-000107-GPOS-00054, SRG-OS-000109-GPOS-00056, SRG-OS-000108-GPOS-00055, SRG-OS-000112-GPOS-00057, SRG-OS-000113-GPOS-00058

Check

Verify that OL 9 loads the CAC driver with the following command:

$ grep card_drivers /etc/opensc.conf card_drivers = cac;

If "cac" is not listed as a card driver, or there is no line returned for "card_drivers", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure OL 9 to load the CAC driver.

Add or modify the following line in the "/etc/opensc.conf" file:

card_drivers = cac;

Identifiers

Group ID
V-271610
Group title
SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051
Rule ID
SV-271610r1091542_rule
Check ID
C-75660r1091540_chk
Fix ID
F-75567r1091541_fix