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Disable rpcbind service

service-disable-rpcbind · RHEL ≥ 8 · 1 impl

Description

The rpcbind service maps RPC services to the ports they listen on. Unless NFS or other RPC services are required, this should be disabled.

Rationale

rpcbind is required for NFS and other RPC-based services. If these are not needed, rpcbind exposes unnecessary attack surface.

Check → Remediate

Checkservice_state
name:
rpcbind
active:
false
enabled:
false
Remediateservice_masked
name:
rpcbind

Framework references

CIS

rhel8 2.1.12rhel9 2.1.12rhel10 2.1.11

NIST 800-53

CM-7

Live verification

rhel10:checkrhel8:checkrhel9:check
#service#networking#rpc#attack-surface