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Bootloader (grub): 1 control for Linux hardening

Pavois audits 1 control in the Bootloader (grub) hardening domain, across 9 systems and 3 standards (CIS, ANSSI BP-028, NIST 800-53). Every control declares the evidence it gathers, its severity, its remediation and its standard references.

The domain in figures

Controls1
Severities
high 1
Evidence gathered
persistent config 1
Standards
CISANSSI BP-028NIST 800-53
Systems
Debian 12Debian 13FedoraRHEL 10 / Rocky 10 / AlmaLinux 10RHEL 8 / Rocky 8 / AlmaLinux 8RHEL 9 / Rocky 9 / AlmaLinux 9Ubuntu 22.04Ubuntu 24.04Ubuntu 26.04
Coverage depthin depth

What does Pavois check in this domain?

persistent config 1
Checked against the content of a persistent configuration file, the source of truth that survives reboots.

Which standards does this domain cover?

One effective-configuration check serves as evidence for several standards at once. The references below are the ones the corpus actually carries, never a claimed equivalence. how to read a standard mapping.

CIS
1.4.1
ANSSI BP-028
R5
NIST 800-53
3.4.5, CM-6(a)

The Bootloader (grub) control

RefRuleSev.OSStandards
SOCLE-CLD-BOOT-001Set Boot Loader Password in grub2high9
bp28cisnist

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