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MariaDB must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-253736MADB-10-008300SV-253736r961521_ruleCCI-002007medium
Description
If cached authentication information is out-of-date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable. Each connection to the MariaDB database requires the authentication of the user. The authentication remains in place for the connection until the connection is closed or the connection times out due to inactivity.
STIGDate
MariaDB Enterprise 10.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-03-02

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 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.

IAC-10.10Expiration of Cached Authenticators
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (45) 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-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(4)Discretionary Access Control
1.00
AC-4(17)Domain Authentication
1.00

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CCI1 mapping
CCI-002007
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-253736r961521_chk)

The system parameter idle_transaction_timeout specifies in seconds when a connection will be terminated due to inactivity. After a connection is terminated, a new request to the database must be preceded by an authentication, which is not cached within the database. Run the following SQL: MariaDB> SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'idle_transaction_timeout'; If the value is 0, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-57139r841732_fix)

Verify that the idle_transaction_wait is set to a value greater than 0 or is set to the value needed by the administrator. The value of idle_transaction_wait can be validated by issuing SHOW VARIABLES. Example: Locate the MariaDB Enterprise Server configuration files in /etc/my.cnf.d/. Add the following: Under the [mariadb] section: idle_transaction_timeout = 60 After making changes to the .cnf file, stop and restart the database service.