STIGUI
V-271726CAT II — Medium severitySV-271726r1091890_rule

OL 9 must not be configured to bypass password requirements for privilege escalation.

Rule version OL09-00-002364 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-21

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.

Check

Verify that OL 9 is not configured to bypass password requirements for privilege escalation with the following command:

$ grep pam_succeed_if /etc/pam.d/sudo 

If any occurrences of "pam_succeed_if" are returned, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the operating system to require users to supply a password for privilege escalation.

Remove any occurrences of " pam_succeed_if " in the "/etc/pam.d/sudo" file.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-271726
Group title
SRG-OS-000327-GPOS-00127
Rule ID
SV-271726r1091890_rule
Check ID
C-75776r1091888_chk
Fix ID
F-75683r1091889_fix