RHEL 10 must have the "crypto-policies" package installed.

STIG ID: RHEL-10-300000  |  SRG: SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176 |  Severity: high (CAT I)  |  CCI: CCI-002450,CCI-002890,CCI-003123 |  Vulnerability Id: V-281007

Vulnerability Discussion

Centralized cryptographic policies simplify applying secure ciphers across an operating system and the applications that run on that operating system. Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176, SRG-OS-000393-GPOS-00173, SRG-OS-000394-GPOS-00174

Check

Verify RHEL 10 has the "crypto-policies" package installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf list --installed crypto-policies
Installed Packages
crypto-policies.noarch 20250214-1.gitfd9b9b9.el10_0.1 @rhel-10-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms

If the "crypto-policies" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to have the "crypto-policies" package installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf -y install crypto-policies
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