Title

Amazon Linux 2023 must require users to provide a password for privilege escalation. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization.

Check Content

Verify Amazon Linux 2023 requires users to provide a password for privilege escalation. Ensure that "/etc/sudoers" has no occurrences of "NOPASSWD" with the following command: $ sudo grep -ri nopasswd /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ If any occurrences of "NOPASSWD" are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure Amazon Linux 2023 to not allow users to execute privileged actions without authenticating with a password. Remove any occurrence of "NOPASSWD" found in "/etc/sudoers" file or files in the "/etc/sudoers.d" directory. $ sudo sed -i '/NOPASSWD/ s/^/# /g' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-274016r1120036_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-274016

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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