STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

RHEL 8 emergency accounts must be automatically removed or disabled after the crisis is resolved or within 72 hours.

DISA Rule

SV-230374r627750_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230374

Group Title

SRG-OS-000123-GPOS-00064

Rule Version

RHEL-08-020270

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001682 - The information system automatically removes or disables emergency accounts after an organization-defined time period for each type of account.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

If an emergency account must be created, configure the system to terminate the account after 72 hours with the following command to set an expiration date for the account. Substitute "system_account_name" with the account to be created.

$ sudo chage -E `date -d "+3 days" +%Y-%m-%d` system_account_name

The automatic expiration or disabling time period may be extended as needed until the crisis is resolved.

Check Contents

Verify emergency accounts have been provisioned with an expiration date of 72 hours.

For every existing emergency account, run the following command to obtain its account expiration information.

$ sudo chage -l system_account_name

Verify each of these accounts has an expiration date set within 72 hours.
If any emergency accounts have no expiration date set or do not expire within 72 hours, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-230374

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-08-020270

Severity Override Guidance

Verify emergency accounts have been provisioned with an expiration date of 72 hours.

For every existing emergency account, run the following command to obtain its account expiration information.

$ sudo chage -l system_account_name

Verify each of these accounts has an expiration date set within 72 hours.
If any emergency accounts have no expiration date set or do not expire within 72 hours, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

2921

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