RHEL 9 must restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-258087 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | RHEL-09-432030 | SV-258087r1102071_rule | 2026-02-05 | 2 |
Description
If the "sudoers" file is not configured correctly, any user defined on the system can initiate privileged actions on the target system.
ℹ️ Check
Verify RHEL 9 restricts privilege elevation to authorized personnel with the following command:
$ sudo grep -iwR 'ALL' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ | grep -v '#'
If the either of the following entries are returned, this is a finding:
ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL
ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
✔️ Fix
Remove the following entries from the /etc/sudoers file or configuration file under /etc/sudoers.d/:
ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL
ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL