cyberstrikeus 3.6 Review User-Defined Roles
Profile Applicability
- Level 1 - Cassandra
- Level 2 - Cassandra
- Level 1 - Cassandra on Linux
- Level 2 - Cassandra on Linux
Description
The MEMBER_OF column found in the system_auth.roles table shows roles granted to roles.
Rationale
The MEMBER_OF column shows whoever has roles granted to roles and depending on the role and the privileges grant to the role should be limited . Limiting the accounts that have the certain roles reduces the chances that an attacker can exploit these capabilities.
Audit
Execute the following SQL statement to audit this setting:
select role, can_login, member_of from system_auth.roles;
Looking for can_login which tells you that role can log into cassandra and member_of is when roles are granted to roles.
Remediation
Looking at those users from the query that have member_of that is NOT null, decide if that user truly needs that role, if not, for each user, issue the following SQL statement (replace with the value of member_of returned by the query in the audit procedure)
Default Value
No roles are granted to other roles by default.
References
Not specified in the benchmark.
CIS Controls
- v8: 16.11 Leverage Vetted Modules or Services for Application Security Components
- v7: 14.7 Enforce Access Control to Data through Automated Tools
Profile
- Level 1 | Manual