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Rule mount_option_tmp_noexec fails in /hardening/host-os/ansible

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Description

#### Description of problem:
Rule `mount_option_tmp_noexec` fails in Contest test `/hardening/host-os/ansible`.

The issue has been noticed during review of https://github.com/ComplianceAsCode/content/pull/14999 but the issue is long-standing, isn't caused by that PR.

The fail is currently hidden by this really generic waiver:
```
# we don't control partitions on the host OS
/hardening/host-os/.+/mount_option_(home|opt|srv|var|var_log|var_log_audit|tmp)_(noexec|nosuid|nodev|usrquota|grpquota)
True
```

The rule fails because OVAL detects it as applicable but Ansible detects it as notapplicable. It seems that the Ansible expression in ansible_mounts works differently than we expect.

#### SCAP Security Guide Version:
current upstream master as of 2026-08-17

#### Operating System Version:
RHEL 9.9 and 10.3

#### Steps to Reproduce:

1. Run eg. `/hardening/host-os/ansible/anssi_bp28_high`
2. Look for waived fail
3.
4.

#### Actual Results:
`mount_option_tmp_noexec` is "waived fail"

#### Expected Results:
`mount_option_tmp_noexec` is pass

#### Additional Information/Debugging Steps:
no

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Run `/hardening/host-os/ansible/anssi_bp28_high` and inspect the waived failure for `mount_option_tmp_noexec`. Compare how OVAL and Ansible determine applicability for this rule, focusing on the `ansible_mounts` expression described in the issue. Done means the rule reports pass on the stated RHEL versions instead of a waived fail.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
ansible
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
68/100

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