STIGUI
V-256493CAT II — Medium severitySV-256493r958434_rule

The Photon operating system audit log must have correct permissions.

Rule version PHTN-30-000016 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-31

Discussion

Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit operating system activity.

Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confidentiality.

Check

At the command line, run the following command:

# (audit_log_file=$(grep "^log_file" /etc/audit/auditd.conf|sed s/^[^\/]*//) && if [ -f "${audit_log_file}" ] ; then printf "Log(s) found in "${audit_log_file%/*}":\n"; stat -c "%n permissions are %a" ${audit_log_file%}*; else printf "audit log file(s) not found\n"; fi)

If the permissions on any audit log file are more permissive than "0600", this is a finding.

Fix

At the command line, run the following command:

#  chmod 0600 <audit log file>

Replace <audit log file> with the log files more permissive than 0600.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-256493
Group title
SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027
Rule ID
SV-256493r958434_rule
Check ID
C-60168r887151_chk
Fix ID
F-60111r887152_fix