MD7X-00-006800 MongoDB must prevent nonprivileged users from executing privileged functions, to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.

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Preventing nonprivileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or processes may gain unnecessary access to information or privileges.

System documentation should include a definition of the functionality considered privileged.

Depending on circumstances, privileged functions can include, for example, establishing accounts, performing system integrity checks, or administering cryptographic key management activities. Nonprivileged users are individuals that do not possess appropriate authorizations. Circumventing intrusion detection and prevention mechanisms or malicious code protection mechanisms are examples of privileged functions that require protection from nonprivileged users.

A privileged function in the DBMS/database context is any operation that modifies the structure of the database, its built-in logic, or its security settings. This would include all Data Definition Language (DDL) statements and all security-related statements. In a MongoDB environment, it encompasses, but is not necessarily limited to:

createCollection()
dropCollection()
grantRolesToUsers()
revokeRolesFromUsers()

There may also be Data Manipulation Language (DML) statements that, subject to context, should be regarded as privileged. Possible examples include:

deleteOne(), deleteMany()
updateOne(), updateMany()

any find(), insertXXX(), updateXXX(), deleteXXX() to an application-defined security table executed by other than a security principal.

Depending on the capabilities of the DBMS and the design of the database and associated applications, the prevention of unauthorized use of privileged functions may be achieved by means of DBMS security features, database triggers, other mechanisms, or a combination of these.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Ensure users are assigned only to authorized roles.

To revoke a role from a user in a database, run the following commands:

> use <database>
> db.revokeRolesFromUser( "<username>", [ <roles> ], { <writeConcern> } )

https://www.mongodb.com/docs/v7.0/reference/method/db.revokeRolesFromUser/

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA MongoDB Enterprise Advanced 7.x STIG v1r1

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

Plugin: MongoDB

Control ID: 34d02e504074bba3d1a0a1ee3a161d90de55e71fd49f2a2120f87e41c3343da5

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MD7X-00-006800 MongoDB must prevent nonprivileged users from executing privileged functions, to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.

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