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V-281007CAT I — High severitySV-281007r1195399_rule

RHEL 10 must have the "crypto-policies" package installed.

Rule version RHEL-10-300000 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-17

Discussion

Centralized cryptographic policies simplify applying secure ciphers across an operating system and the applications that run on that operating system. Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176, SRG-OS-000393-GPOS-00173, SRG-OS-000394-GPOS-00174

Check

Verify RHEL 10 has the "crypto-policies" package installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf list --installed crypto-policies Installed Packages crypto-policies.noarch 20250214-1.gitfd9b9b9.el10_0.1 @rhel-10-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms

If the "crypto-policies" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to have the "crypto-policies" package installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf -y install crypto-policies

Identifiers

Group ID
V-281007
Group title
SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176
Rule ID
SV-281007r1195399_rule
Check ID
C-85568r1195398_chk
Fix ID
F-85473r1165375_fix