Ensure sshd GSSAPIAuthentication is disabled

MediumLevel 1Automatedlinux

Description

The GSSAPIAuthentication parameter specifies whether user authentication based on GSSAPI is allowed

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

shell

alt0() { command -v grep >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step1: grep not installed"; return 1; }; command -v sshd >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step1: sshd not installed"; return 1; }; o=$(bash -c 'sshd -T | grep gssapiauthentication' 2>&1); printf '%s\n' "$o" | tr -s ' \t' '  ' | sed 's/^ //;s/ $//' | grep -Fxq -- 'gssapiauthentication no' || { echo step1: missing 'gssapiauthentication no'; return 1; }; }; if alt0; then echo compliant; fi

Expected output: compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file to set the GSSAPIAuthentication parameter to no above any Include and Match entries as follows: GSSAPIAuthentication no

Properties

Operating systems: rocky-9
Tags: cis-convertedlinux
Reference: CIS Rocky Linux 9 Benchmark v3.0.0 - 5.1.12

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target linux