The Azure SQL Managed Instance must be able to generate audit records when attempts to retrieve privileges/permissions occur.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-276242 | MSQL-00-004600 | SV-276242r1150021_rule | CCI-000172 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information; therefore, it must be possible to configure auditing to do this. DBMSs typically make such information available through views or functions. This requirement addresses explicit requests for privilege/permission/role membership information. It does not refer to the implicit retrieval of privileges/permissions/role memberships that Azure SQL Managed Instance continually performs to determine if any and every action on the database is permitted. To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in addition to the successful ones. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000091-DB-000066, SRG-APP-000091-DB-000325, SRG-APP-000495-DB-000326 | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-10-07 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-276242r1150021_chk)
Review Azure SQL Managed Instance configuration to verify that audit records are produced when privileges/permissions/role memberships are retrieved.
To determine if an audit is configured, follow the instructions below:
Run this TSQL command to determine if SQL Auditing AuditActionGroups are configured:
SELECT DISTINCT sd.audit_action_name
FROM sys.server_audit_specification_details sd
JOIN sys.server_audit_specifications s
ON s.server_specification_id = sd.server_specification_id
WHERE s.is_state_enabled = 1
ORDER BY sd.audit_action_name
If no values exist for AuditActionGroup, this is a finding.
Verify the following AuditActionGroup(s) are configured:
SCHEMA_OBJECT_ACCESS_GROUP
If any listed AuditActionGroups do not exist in the configuration, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-80302r1149634_fix)
Deploy an Azure SQL Managed Instance audit.
Refer to the supplemental file "AzureSQLMIAudit.sql" script.
Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/auditing-configure?view=azuresql