STIGUI
V-252958CAT II — Medium severitySV-252958r1050789_rule

TOSS must require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation.

Rule version TOSS-04-020180 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-20

Discussion

Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization.

When operating systems provide the capability to escalate a functional capability, it is critical the user reauthenticate.

Check

Verify that "/etc/sudoers" has no occurrences of "!authenticate."

Check that the "/etc/sudoers" file has no occurrences of "!authenticate" by running the following command:

$ sudo grep -i authenticate /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*

If any occurrences of "!authenticate" return from the command, this is a finding.

Fix

Remove any occurrence of "!authenticate" found in "/etc/sudoers" file or files in the "/etc/sudoers.d" directory.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-252958
Group title
SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156
Rule ID
SV-252958r1050789_rule
Check ID
C-56411r824196_chk
Fix ID
F-56361r824197_fix