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

CAT II V-258124 RHEL-09-611175

RHEL 9 must have the pcsc-lite package installed.

Documentable No
Rule ID SV-258124r1045250_rule
CCI References
CCI-004046CCI-001948

Discussion

The pcsc-lite package must be installed if it is to be available for multifactor authentication using smart cards.

Check Procedure

Note: If the system administrator (SA) demonstrates the use of an approved alternate multifactor authentication method, this requirement is Not Applicable.

Verify that RHEL 9 has the pcsc-lite package installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed pcsc-lite

Example output:

pcsc-lite.x86_64          1.9.4-1.el9

If the "pcsc-lite" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix Action

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