Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R3

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

RHEL 10 must have the "sudo" package installed.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 10 must have the "sudo" package installed.

Description

Discussion Text

The "sudo" package is a program designed to allow a system administrator to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. The basic philosophy is to give as few privileges as possible but still allow system users to complete their work.

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Objective

V-280968

Rule

SV-280968r1195356_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

RHEL-10-200590

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify RHEL 10 has the "sudo" package installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf list --installed sudo
Installed Packages
sudo.x86_64                             1.9.15-8.p5.el10_0.2                             @rhel-10-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms

If the "sudo" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 10 to have the "sudo" package installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf -y install sudo

STIG check 38 of 435 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG checklist

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