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

CAT II V-258083 RHEL-09-432010

RHEL 9 must have the sudo package installed.

Documentable No
Rule ID SV-258083r1045168_rule
CCI References
CCI-002235

Discussion

"sudo" 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 get their work done.

Check Procedure

Verify that RHEL 9 sudo package is installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed sudo

Example output:

sudo.x86_64          1.9.5p2-7.el9

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

Fix Action

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