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V-280958CAT II — Medium severitySV-280958r1195348_rule

RHEL 10 must have the "chrony" package installed.

Rule version RHEL-10-200540 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-17

Discussion

Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the correct time a particular event occurred on a system is critical when conducting forensic analysis and investigating system events. Sources outside the configured acceptable allowance (drift) may be inaccurate.

Check

Verify RHEL 10 has the "chrony" package installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf list --installed chrony Installed Packages chrony.x86_64 4.6.1-1.el10 @anaconda

If the "chrony" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to have the "chrony" package installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf -y install chrony

Identifiers

Group ID
V-280958
Group title
SRG-OS-000355-GPOS-00143
Rule ID
SV-280958r1195348_rule
Check ID
C-85519r1195347_chk
Fix ID
F-85424r1165228_fix