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V-258082CAT II — Medium severitySV-258082r1268251_rule

RHEL 9 policycoreutils-python-utils package must be installed.

Rule version RHEL-09-431030 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-17

Discussion

The policycoreutils-python-utils package is required to operate and manage an SELinux environment and its policies. It provides utilities such as semanage, audit2allow, audit2why, chcat, and sandbox.

Check

Verify that RHEL 9 policycoreutils-python-utils service package is installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed policycoreutils-python-utils

Example output:

policycoreutils-python-utils.noarch 3.3-6.el9_0

If the "policycoreutils-python-utils" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix

Install the policycoreutils-python-utils service package (if the policycoreutils-python-utils service is not already installed) with the following command:

$ sudo dnf install policycoreutils-python-utils

Identifiers

Group ID
V-258082
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-258082r1268251_rule
Check ID
C-61823r1045165_chk
Fix ID
F-61747r926232_fix