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V-281068CAT II — Medium severitySV-281068r1268226_rule

RHEL 10 must enforce mode "0000" or less permissive for the "/etc/gshadow" file to prevent unauthorized access.

Rule version RHEL-10-400255 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-17

Discussion

The "/etc/gshadow" file contains group password hashes. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

Check

Verify RHEL 10 is configured so that the "/etc/gshadow" file has mode "0000" with the following command:

$ sudo stat -c "%a %n" /etc/gshadow 0 /etc/gshadow

If a value of "0" is not returned, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 so that the mode of the "/etc/gshadow" file is set to "0000" by running the following command:

$ sudo chmod 0000 /etc/gshadow

Identifiers

Group ID
V-281068
Group title
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
Rule ID
SV-281068r1268226_rule
Check ID
C-85629r1165557_chk
Fix ID
F-85534r1165558_fix