OpenSCAP scans are failing on grub bootloader password check

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • OpenSCAP shows fail result on the xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_bootloader_password rule
  • Grub is password protected but does not pass on the OpenSCAP scans when using the stig-rhel7-disa profile
  • stig-rhel7-disa profile scans are failing on grub bootloader after using grub2-setpassword to set the password
  • OpenSCAP scan is failing on CCE-27309-4

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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