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The Cisco ACI must be configured to assign appropriate user roles or access levels to authenticated users.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-271927CACI-ND-000012SV-271927r1168428_ruleCCI-000213high
Description
Successful identification and authentication must not automatically give an entity full access to a Cisco ACI or security domain. The lack of authorization-based access control could result in the immediate compromise of, and unauthorized access to, sensitive information. All DOD systems must be properly configured to incorporate access control methods that do not rely solely on authentication for authorized access. There are multiple ways to provide this function so the site should be prepared to demonstrate in the "Users" section that different accounts have different AV pairs, domains, or roles. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000033-NDM-000212, SRG-APP-000329-NDM-000287, SRG-APP-000177-NDM-000263, SRG-APP-000910-NDM-000300
STIGDate
Cisco ACI NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-12-11

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (20) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CFG-02Secure Baseline Configurations
1.00
CRY-01Use of Cryptographic Controls
1.00
DCH-01Data Protection
1.00
HRS-02Position Categorization
1.00
HRS-11Separation of Duties (SoD)
1.00
IAC-01Identity & Access Management (IAM)
1.00
IAC-01.2Authenticate, Authorize and Audit (AAA)
1.00
IAC-02Identification & Authentication for Organizational Users
1.00
IAC-03Identification & Authentication for Non-Organizational Users
1.00
IAC-04Identification & Authentication for Devices
1.00

+10 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-530 mappings

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Also reachable in 2 hops (93) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-16Security and Privacy Attributes
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
1.00
AC-18(1)Authentication and Encryption
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00

+83 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

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Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.1.1
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3.1.2
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CCI1 mapping
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (3) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

Who does this work

17 NICE work roles and 9 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-271927r1168428_chk)

Verify users are assigned roles based on the SSP. This requirement does not apply to the account of last resort. From the GUI, navigate to Admin >> AAA >> Security >> Roles or have the site demonstrate the method used for role and privilege separation. Verify that the roles are associated with the users in compliance with the SSP required roles and privileges. Read and write access rights must match the level of granularity required by the SSP. If any user/group or service account are assigned to roles with privileges that are beyond those required and authorized by the organization, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-75884r1168427_fix)

View the SSP to determine the required organization-defined roles and the least privilege policies required for each role. For example, audit administrator, crypto administrator, system administrator, etc. Assign remote users to roles based on SSP and least privileges. Carefully assign capabilities to each role based on SSP role assignments. Remote authentication server is required, but roles can be created, deleted, or associated access privileges to nodes and resources update in the APIC. To create a new role with reduced permissions, do the following: To create or modify roles: 1. From the GUI, navigate to Admin >> AAA >> Security >> Roles. 2. Create custom roles with appropriate privileges (e.g., read-write access to specific objects). 3. Associate users with these roles, allowing them to perform specific tasks within the ACI fabric. Note: This procedure may use preconfigured rules and privileges. Security Domains, Rules, and Custom Roles may also be used depending on the desired architecture and complexity of the implementation. Refer to the vendor documentation to create custom rules, privileges combinations, Rules, and Security domains. These roles are assigned to the remote users in the external authentication server.