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V-274016

CAT II (Medium)

Amazon Linux 2023 must require users to provide a password for privilege escalation.

Rule ID

SV-274016r1120036_rule

STIG

Amazon Linux 2023 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R3

CCIs

CCI-000366

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/*