RHEL 9 must use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation when using "sudo".

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-258085	SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227	RHEL-09-432020	SV-258085r1045173_rule	2025-02-27	2

Description
If the rootpw, targetpw, or runaspw flags are defined and not disabled, by default the operating system will prompt the invoking user for the "root" user password.

ℹ️ Check
Verify that the sudoers security policy is configured to use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation with the following command: $ sudo egrep -ir '(!rootpw\|!targetpw\|!runaspw)' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ \| grep -v '#' /etc/sudoers:Defaults !targetpw /etc/sudoers:Defaults !rootpw /etc/sudoers:Defaults !runaspw If no results are returned, this is a finding. If results are returned from more than one file location, this is a finding. If "Defaults !targetpw" is not defined, this is a finding. If "Defaults !rootpw" is not defined, this is a finding. If "Defaults !runaspw" is not defined, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify that the sudoers security policy is configured to use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation with the following command: $ sudo egrep -ir '(!rootpw|!targetpw|!runaspw)' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ | grep -v '#' /etc/sudoers:Defaults !targetpw /etc/sudoers:Defaults !rootpw /etc/sudoers:Defaults !runaspw If no results are returned, this is a finding. If results are returned from more than one file location, this is a finding. If "Defaults !targetpw" is not defined, this is a finding. If "Defaults !rootpw" is not defined, this is a finding. If "Defaults !runaspw" is not defined, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Define the following in the Defaults section of the /etc/sudoers file or a single configuration file in the /etc/sudoers.d/ directory: Defaults !targetpw Defaults !rootpw Defaults !runaspw