Rule version RHEL-10-700980 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-17
Using interactive or recovery boot, the console user could disable auditing, firewalls, or other services, weakening system security.
Verify RHEL 10 is configured so that the current GRUB 2 configuration disables the ability of systemd to spawn an interactive boot process with the following command:
$ sudo grubby --info=ALL | grep args | grep 'systemd.confirm_spawn'
If any output is returned, this is a finding.
Configure RHEL 10 so that the current GRUB 2 configuration disables the ability of systemd to spawn an interactive boot process with the following command:
$ sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --remove-args="systemd.confirm_spawn"