Title

RHEL 9 must use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation when using "sudo". (Cat II impact)

Discussion

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.

Check Content

Verify that the sudoers security policy is configured to use the invoking user's password for privilege escalation with the following command: $ sudo egrep -ir '(!rootpw|!targetpw|!runaspw)' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ | grep -v '#' /etc/sudoers:Defaults !targetpw /etc/sudoers:Defaults !rootpw /etc/sudoers:Defaults !runaspw If no results are returned, this is a finding. If results are returned from more than one file location, 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 single configuration file in the /etc/sudoers.d/ directory: Defaults !targetpw Defaults !rootpw Defaults !runaspw

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-258085r1045173_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-258085

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

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