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V-282587CAT II — Medium severitySV-282587r1200741_rule

TOSS 5 must mount /var/tmp with the nosuid option.

Rule version TOSS-05-000136 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-20

Discussion

The "nosuid" mount option causes the system to not execute "setuid" and "setgid" files with owner privileges. This option must be used for mounting any file system not containing approved "setuid" and "setguid" files. Executing files from untrusted file systems increases the opportunity for nonprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

Check

Verify "/var/tmp" is mounted with the "nosuid" option:

$ mount | grep /var/tmp

/dev/mapper/rhel-var-tmp on /var/tmp type xfs (rw,nodev,nosuid,noexec,seclabel)

If the "/var/tmp" file system is mounted without the "nosuid" option, this is a finding.

Fix

Modify "/etc/fstab" to use the "nosuid" option on the "/var/tmp" directory.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-282587
Group title
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
Rule ID
SV-282587r1200741_rule
Check ID
C-87148r1200739_chk
Fix ID
F-87053r1200740_fix