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MariaDB must separate user functionality (including user interface services) from database management functionality.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-253705MADB-10-004600SV-253705r1137655_ruleCCI-001082medium
Description
Information system management functionality includes functions necessary to administer databases, network components, workstations, or servers and typically requires privileged user access. The separation of user functionality from information system management functionality is either physical or logical and is accomplished by using different computers, different central processing units, different instances of the operating system, different network addresses, combinations of these methods, or other methods, as appropriate. An example of this type of separation is observed in web administrative interfaces that use separate authentication methods for users of any other information system resources. This may include isolating the administrative interface on a different domain and with additional access controls. If administrative functionality or information regarding MariaDB management is presented on an interface available for users, information on MariaDB settings may be inadvertently made available to the user.
STIGDate
MariaDB Enterprise 10.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-03-02

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) 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.

SEA-03.2Application Partitioning
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (19) 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-3Access Enforcement
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AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00
AU-9Protection of Audit Information
1.00
CM-5(1)Automated Access Enforcement and Audit Records
1.00
CM-5(3)Signed Components
1.00
CM-5(6)Limit Library Privileges
1.00
CM-6Configuration Settings
1.00
CM-7Least Functionality
1.00
IA-5(2)Public Key-based Authentication
1.00
SC-2Separation of System and User Functionality
1.00

+9 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) 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.

3.13.3
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001082
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-253705r1137655_chk)

To show the list of system privileges that the MariaDB server supports, run: MariaDB> SHOW PRIVILEGES; Gather a list of SHOW GRANTS commands. SHOW GRANTS will list the privileges granted to the account. Run this database query to create the SHOW GRANTS script for each user: MariaDB> SELECT DISTINCT CONCAT( 'SHOW GRANTS FOR ', user,'@', host,';') AS grantQuery FROM mysql.user WHERE is_role = 'N'; Run each SHOW GRANTS command for each user. MariaDB> SHOW GRANTS FOR 'user'@'host'; If any nonadministrative role has any one of the following privileges, this is a finding. Create user Event Process Proxy Reload Replication client Replication slave Show databases Shutdown Super If administrator and general user functionality are not separated either physically or logically, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-57108r1051298_fix)

Configure MariaDB Enterprise Server to separate database administration and general user functionality. Do not grant Create user, Event, Process, Proxy, Reload, Replication client, Replication slave, Show databases, Shutdown, Super, Create tablespace privileges to users and roles that do not require it. To remove privileges, refer to the following examples: 1. Revoke privileges from a specific user: MariaDB> REVOKE SUPER, PROCESS ON *.* FROM 'user'@'host'; 2. Revoke privileges from a role: MariaDB> REVOKE 'role' FROM 'user'@'host';