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RHEL 10 must require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation.

STIG ID: RHEL-10-600530  |  SRG: SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156 |  Severity: medium (CAT II)  |  CCI: CCI-002038 |  Vulnerability Id: V-281208

Vulnerability 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 that the user reauthenticate.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00158

Check

Verify RHEL 10 "/etc/sudoers" has no occurrences of "!authenticate" with the following command:

$ sudo grep -ir '!authenticate' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/

If any occurrences of "!authenticate" are returned, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to not allow users to execute privileged actions without authenticating.

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

$ sudo sed -i '/\!authenticate/ s/^/# /g' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*
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