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RHEL 8 operating systems booted with United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) must require a unique superusers name upon booting into single-user mode and maintenance.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-244521 RHEL-08-010141 SV-244521r743812_rule Medium
Description
If the system does not require valid authentication before it boots into single-user or maintenance mode, anyone who invokes single-user or maintenance mode is granted privileged access to all files on the system. GRUB 2 is the default boot loader for RHEL 8 and is designed to require a password to boot into single-user mode or make modifications to the boot menu.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2021-06-14

Details

Check Text ( C-47796r743810_chk )
For systems that use BIOS, this is Not Applicable.

Verify that a unique name is set as the "superusers" account:

$ sudo grep -iw "superusers" /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.cfg
set superusers="[someuniquestringhere]"
export superusers

If "superusers" is not set to a unique name or is missing a name, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-47753r743811_fix)
Configure the system to have a unique name for the grub superusers account.

Edit the /etc/grub.d/01_users file and add or modify the following lines:

set superusers="[someuniquestringhere]"
export superusers
password_pbkdf2 [someuniquestringhere] ${GRUB2_PASSWORD}

Generate a new grub.cfg file with the following command:

$ sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.cfg