[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Compliance: Updated DISA STIG Checklist for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, published 2026-8-12

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

*Product:*
BigFix Compliance

*Title:*
Updated DISA STIG Checklist for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

*Security Benchmark:*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 STIG SCAP Benchmark, V2R9

*Published Sites:*
DISA STIG Checklist for RHEL 9, site version 10
(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)

*Details: *

●       Total New Fixlets: 1

●       Total Updated Fixlets: 12

●       Total Deleted Fixlets: 1

●       Total Fixlets in Site: 435

 *New Fixlets:*

●        RHEL 9 must audit any script or executable called by cron as root
or by any privileged user.

*Updated Fixlets:*

●      RHEL 9 must require a boot loader superuser password.

●      RHEL 9 SSH private host key files must have mode 0600 or less
permissive.

●      RHEL 9 must allow only the information system security manager
(ISSM) (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which
auditable events are to be audited.

●      RHEL 9 must generate audit records for all account creations,
modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/sudoers.

●      RHEL 9 must generate audit records for all account creations,
modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect
/etc/sudoers.d/.

●      RHEL 9 must generate audit records for all account creations,
modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/group.

●      RHEL 9 must generate audit records for all account creations,
modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/gshadow.

●      RHEL 9 must generate audit records for all account creations,
modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/opasswd.

●      RHEL 9 must generate audit records for all account creations,
modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/passwd.

●      RHEL 9 must generate audit records for all account creations,
modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/shadow.

●      RHEL 9 must generate audit records for all account creations,
modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect
/var/log/faillock.

●      RHEL 9 must generate audit records for all account creations,
modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect
/var/log/lastlog.

*Deleted Fixlets:*

●      RHEL 9 SSH daemon must not allow compression or must only allow
compression after successful authentication.

*Additional details:*

●      Both analysis and remediation checks are included.

●      Some of the checks allow you to use the parameterized setting to
enable customization for compliance evaluation. Note that parameterization
and remediation actions require the creation of a custom site.

●      Improved a few checks by adding the pending restart feature to them.
The pending restart feature works in the following ways:

●       The action results will show “Pending Restart” instead of “Fixed”
for those checks which require OS reboot.

●      The check will show relevant for those endpoints until they are
rebooted.

●      Post reboot of the endpoint the action results will show as “Fixed”
and the check will be compliant.

*Action to take:*

●      To subscribe to the above site, you can use the License Overview
Dashboard to enable and gather the site. Note that you must be entitled to
the BigFix Compliance product and you must be using BigFix version 10.0.0
and later.

●      If you use custom sites, update your custom sites accordingly to use
the latest content. You can synchronize your content by using the
Synchronize Custom Checks wizard. For more information, see Using the
Synchronize Custom Checks wizard
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/compliance/Compliance/SCM_Users_Guide/c_using_synchronize_custom_checks_wiz.html>


*More information: *To know more about the BigFix Compliance SCM
checklists, please see the following resources:



●      BigFix Forum:
*Compliance (Release Announcements)*
<https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance/63> This
category is used by HCL to announce new releases for BigFix Compliance.

●      BigFix Compliance SCM Checklists:
*SCM Checklists*
<https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/scm-checklists/86>

This category is the central reference for all SCM Checklists supported by
BigFix Compliance. It covers the complete list of active checklists across
all supported frameworks and platforms, including CIS, DISA STIG, PCI DSS,
NIST, and more, along with site name, version details, and supported OS
versions.

We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective.
Thank you!
*– The BigFix Compliance team*
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