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V-216314CAT II — Medium severitySV-216314r959010_rule

X Window System connections that are not required must be disabled.

Rule version SOL-11.1-020560 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-19

Discussion

If unauthorized clients are permitted access to the X server, a user's X session may be compromised.

Check

Determine if the X Window system is running.

Procedure: # ps -ef |grep X

Ask the SA if the X Window system is an operational requirement. If it is not, this is a finding.

Fix

Disable the X Windows server on the system.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-216314
Group title
SRG-OS-000480
Rule ID
SV-216314r959010_rule
Check ID
C-17550r371030_chk
Fix ID
F-17548r371031_fix