The Ubuntu operating system must be configured such that Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) prohibits the use of cached authentications after one day.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
low	V-238362	SRG-OS-000383-GPOS-00166	UBTU-20-010441	SV-238362r958828_rule	2025-03-03	2

Description
If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable.

ℹ️ Check
If smart card authentication is not being used on the system, this s Not Applicable. Verify that PAM prohibits the use of cached authentications after one day with the following command: $ sudo grep offline_credentials_expiration /etc/sssd/sssd.conf /etc/sssd/conf.d/*.conf offline_credentials_expiration = 1 If "offline_credentials_expiration" is not set to a value of "1" in "/etc/sssd/sssd.conf" or in a file with a name ending in .conf in the "/etc/sssd/conf.d/" directory, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

If smart card authentication is not being used on the system, this s Not Applicable. Verify that PAM prohibits the use of cached authentications after one day with the following command: $ sudo grep offline_credentials_expiration /etc/sssd/sssd.conf /etc/sssd/conf.d/*.conf offline_credentials_expiration = 1 If "offline_credentials_expiration" is not set to a value of "1" in "/etc/sssd/sssd.conf" or in a file with a name ending in .conf in the "/etc/sssd/conf.d/" directory, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure PAM to prohibit the use of cached authentications after one day. Add or change the following line in "/etc/sssd/sssd.conf" just below the line "[pam]": offline_credentials_expiration = 1 Note: It is valid for this configuration to be in a file with a name that ends with ".conf" and does not begin with a "." in the "/etc/sssd/conf.d/" directory instead of the "/etc/sssd/sssd.conf" file.