Title

RHEL 8 must use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation when using "sudo". (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The sudoers security policy requires that users authenticate themselves before they can use sudo. When sudoers requires authentication, it validates the invoking user's credentials. If the rootpw, targetpw, or runaspw flags are defined and not disabled, by default the operating system will prompt the invoking user for the "root" user password. For more information on each of the listed configurations, reference the sudoers(5) manual page.

Check Content

Verify that the sudoers security policy is configured to use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation. $ sudo grep -Eir '(rootpw|targetpw|runaspw)' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d* | grep -v '#' /etc/sudoers:Defaults !targetpw /etc/sudoers:Defaults !rootpw /etc/sudoers:Defaults !runaspw If conflicting results are returned, this is a finding. If "Defaults !targetpw" is not defined, this is a finding. If "Defaults !rootpw" is not defined, this is a finding. If "Defaults !runaspw" is not defined, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Define the following in the Defaults section of the /etc/sudoers file or a configuration file in the /etc/sudoers.d/ directory: Defaults !targetpw Defaults !rootpw Defaults !runaspw Remove any configurations that conflict with the above from the following locations: /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-237642r991589_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-237642

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

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