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V-281271CAT II — Medium severitySV-281271r1268226_rule

RHEL 10 must not have a "shosts.equiv" file on the system.

Rule version RHEL-10-700680 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-17

Discussion

The "shosts.equiv" files are used to configure host-based authentication for the system via Secure Shell (SSH). Host-based authentication is not sufficient for preventing unauthorized access to the system, as it does not require interactive identification and authentication of a connection request, or for the use of two-factor authentication.

Check

Verify RHEL 10 does not have a "shosts.equiv" file on the system with the following command:

$ sudo find / -name shosts.equiv

If a "shosts.equiv" file is found, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to not have a "shosts.equiv" file on the system.

Remove any found "shosts.equiv" files from the system:

$ sudo rm /[path]/[to]/[file]/shosts.equiv

Identifiers

Group ID
V-281271
Group title
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
Rule ID
SV-281271r1268226_rule
Check ID
C-85832r1166763_chk
Fix ID
F-85737r1197243_fix