RHEL 10 must enforce "root" group ownership of the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-281086 | SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048 | RHEL-10-400345 | SV-281086r1165613_rule | 2026-03-11 | 1 |
Description
The "root" group is a highly privileged group. Furthermore, the group owner of this file should not have any access privileges anyway.
ℹ️ Check
Verify RHEL 10 enforces group ownership of the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file with the following command:
$ sudo stat -c "%G %n" /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
root /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
If the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file does not have a group owner of "root", this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Configure RHEL 10 to enforce group ownership of the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file.
Change the group owner of the file "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" to "root" by running the following command:
$ sudo chgrp root /boot/grub2/grub.cfg