Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 • Release: 7 Benchmark Date: 05 Jan 2026

CAT II V-257980 RHEL-09-255020

RHEL 9 must have the openssh-clients package installed.

Documentable No
Rule ID SV-257980r1045016_rule
CCI References
CCI-000366

Discussion

This package includes utilities to make encrypted connections and transfer files securely to SSH servers.

Check Procedure

Verify that RHEL 9 has the openssh-clients package installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed openssh-clients

Example output:

openssh-clients.x86_64          8.7p1-8.el9

If the "openssh-clients" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix Action

The openssh-clients package can be installed with the following command:
 
$ sudo dnf install openssh-clients