STIGUI
V-257581CAT II — Medium severitySV-257581r961830_rule

OpenShift audit records must record user access start and end times.

Rule version CNTR-OS-000990 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-24

Discussion

OpenShift must generate audit records showing start and end times for users and services acting on behalf of a user accessing the registry and keystore. These components must use the same standard so that the events can be tied together to understand what took place within the overall container platform. This must establish, correlate, and help assist with investigating the events relating to an incident, or identify those responsible.

Check

Verify the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) is configured to generate audit records showing starting and ending times for user access by executing the following:

for node in $(oc get node -oname); do oc debug $node -- chroot /host /bin/bash -c 'echo -n "$HOSTNAME "; grep -e "-k session" /etc/audit/audit.rules' 2>/dev/null; done

Confirm the following rules exist on each node:

-w /var/log/btmp -p wa -k session -w /var/log/utmp -p wa -k session

If the above rules are not listed on each node, this is a finding.

Fix

Apply the machine config for user access times by executing the following:

for mcpool in $(oc get mcp -oname | sed "s:.*/::" ); do echo "apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: MachineConfig metadata: name: 75-session-start-end-time-$mcpool labels: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: $mcpool spec: config: ignition: version: 3.1.0 storage: files: - contents: source: data:,-w%20/var/log/btmp%20-p%20wa%20-k%20session%0A mode: 0644 path: /etc/audit/rules.d/75-var_log_btmp_write_events.rules overwrite: true - contents: source: data:,-w%20/var/log/utmp%20-p%20wa%20-k%20session%0A mode: 0644 path: /etc/audit/rules.d/75-var_log_utmp_write_events.rules overwrite: true " | oc apply -f - done

Identifiers

Group ID
V-257581
Group title
SRG-APP-000505-CTR-001285
Rule ID
SV-257581r961830_rule
Check ID
C-61316r921684_chk
Fix ID
F-61240r921685_fix