Merge pull request #57 from ansible-lockdown/2026Jan_Updates

2026 Jan Updates: Public Issue fixes, Lic Year and Linting

Changelog.md

@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-# Changes to rhel9CIS
+# Changes to RHEL9CIS
 
-# Based on CIS v2.0.0
+## 2.0.4 - Based on CIS v2.0.0
+
+addressed issue #419, thank you @aaronk1
+addressed issue #418 thank you @bbaassssiiee
 Added better sysctl logic to disable IPv6
 Added option to disable IPv6 via sysctl (original method) or via the kernel
-
-# Based on CIS v2.0.0
 pre-commit udpates
 public issue #410 thanks to @kpi-nourman
 public issue #413 thanks to @bbaassssiiee
-
-# Based on CIS v2.0.0
 Public issues incorporated
 Workflow updates
 Pre-commit updates

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2025 Mindpoint Group - A Tyto Athene Company / Ansible Lockdown
+Copyright (c) 2026 Mindpoint Group - A Tyto Athene Company / Ansible Lockdown
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

defaults/main.yml

@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ rhel9cis_rule_1_8_8: true
 rhel9cis_rule_1_8_9: true
 rhel9cis_rule_1_8_10: true
 
-# Section 2 rules are controling Services (Special Purpose Services, and service clients)
+# Section 2 rules are controlling Services (Special Purpose Services, and service clients)
 ## Configure Server Services
 rhel9cis_rule_2_1_1: true
 rhel9cis_rule_2_1_2: true

molecule/wsl/converge.yml

@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@
   vars:
       ansible_user: "{{ lookup('env', 'USER') }}"
       system_is_container: true
-      rhel8cis_selinux_disable: true
+      rhel9cis_selinux_disable: true
       role_name: "{{ lookup('env', 'MOLECULE_PROJECT_DIRECTORY') | basename }}"
-      rhel8cis_rule_5_3_4: false
-      rhel8cis_rule_1_1_10: false
-      rhel8cis_rsyslog_ansiblemanaged: false
-      rhel8cis_rule_3_4_1_3: false
-      rhel8cis_rule_3_4_1_4: false
-      rhel8cis_rule_4_2_1_2: false
-      rhel8cis_rule_4_2_1_4: false
-      rhel8cis_rule_5_1_1: false
+      rhel9cis_rule_5_3_4: false
+      rhel9cis_rule_1_1_10: false
+      rhel9cis_rsyslog_ansiblemanaged: false
+      rhel9cis_rule_3_4_1_3: false
+      rhel9cis_rule_3_4_1_4: false
+      rhel9cis_rule_4_2_1_2: false
+      rhel9cis_rule_4_2_1_4: false
+      rhel9cis_rule_5_1_1: false
 
   pre_tasks:
   tasks:

tasks/LE_audit_setup.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+
 - name: Pre Audit Setup | Set audit package name
   block:
     - name: Pre Audit Setup | Set audit package name | 64bit

tasks/section_1/cis_1.1.2.3.x.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+
 - name: "1.1.2.3.1 | PATCH | Ensure /home is a separate partition"
   when:
     - rhel9cis_rule_1_1_2_3_1

tasks/section_3/cis_3.1.x.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
       when:
         - "'kernel' in rhel9cis_ipv6_disable_method"
         - "'ipv6.disable=1' not in discovered_rhel9cis_3_1_1_ipv6_status.stdout"
-      ansible.builtin.shell: grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="ipv6.disable=1"
+      ansible.builtin.command: grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="ipv6.disable=1"
+      changed_when: discovered_rhel9cis_3_1_1_ipv6_status.rc == 0
 
 - name: "3.1.2 | PATCH | Ensure wireless interfaces are disabled"
   when:

tasks/section_5/cis_5.1.x.yml

@@ -411,6 +411,8 @@
     path: "{{ rhel9cis_sshd_config_file }}"
     regexp: '^(#)?MaxAuthTries \d'
     line: 'MaxAuthTries {{ rhel9cis_ssh_maxauthtries }}'
+    insertbefore: "^Match"
+    firstmatch: true
     validate: sshd -t -f %s
   notify: Restart sshd
 

tasks/section_6/cis_6.2.2.x.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     - name: "6.2.2.2 | PATCH | Ensure journald ForwardToSyslog is disabled | comment out current entries"
       ansible.builtin.replace:
         path: /etc/systemd/journald.conf
-        regexp: ^(\s*ForwardToSyslog)
+        regexp: ^(\s*ForwardToSyslog\s*=.*)
         replace: '#\1'
 
 - name: "6.2.2.3 | PATCH | Ensure journald Compress is configured"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     - name: "6.2.2.3 | PATCH | Ensure journald Compress is configured | comment out current entries"
       ansible.builtin.replace:
         path: /etc/systemd/journald.conf
-        regexp: (?i)(\s*compress=)
+        regexp: ^(\s*Compress\s*=.*)
         replace: '#\1'
 
 - name: "6.2.2.4 | PATCH | Ensure journald Storage is configured"
@@ -76,5 +76,5 @@
     - name: "6.2.2.4 | PATCH | Ensure journald Storage is configured | comment out current entries"
       ansible.builtin.replace:
         path: /etc/systemd/journald.conf
-        regexp: (?i)(\s*storage=)
+        regexp: ^(\s*Storage\s*=.*)
         replace: '#\1'

vars/OracleLinux.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+
 # OS Specific Settings
 os_gpg_key_pubkey_name: gpg-pubkey-8d8b756f-629e59ec
 os_gpg_key_pubkey_content: "Oracle Linux (release key 1) <secalert_us@oracle.com>"