RHEL 8 must require users to provide a password for privilege escalation.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-230271	SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156	RHEL-08-010380	SV-230271r1069290_rule	2025-03-26	2

Description
Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When operating systems provide the capability to escalate a functional capability, it is critical the user reauthenticate. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00158

ℹ️ Check
Verify that "/etc/sudoers" has no occurrences of "NOPASSWD". Check that the "/etc/sudoers" file has no occurrences of "NOPASSWD" by running the following command: $ sudo grep -ir nopasswd /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ %admin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL If any occurrences of "NOPASSWD" are returned from the command and have not been documented with the ISSO as an organizationally defined administrative group utilizing MFA, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify that "/etc/sudoers" has no occurrences of "NOPASSWD". Check that the "/etc/sudoers" file has no occurrences of "NOPASSWD" by running the following command: $ sudo grep -ir nopasswd /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ %admin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL If any occurrences of "NOPASSWD" are returned from the command and have not been documented with the ISSO as an organizationally defined administrative group utilizing MFA, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Remove any occurrence of "NOPASSWD" found in "/etc/sudoers" file or files in the "/etc/sudoers.d" directory.