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Network devices performing maintenance functions must restrict use of these functions to authorized personnel only.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-202116SRG-APP-000408-NDM-000314SV-202116r961545_ruleCCI-002883medium
Description
There are security-related issues arising from software brought into the network device specifically for diagnostic and repair actions (e.g., a software packet sniffer installed on a device in order to troubleshoot system traffic, or a vendor installing or running a diagnostic application in order to troubleshoot an issue with a vendor-supported device). If maintenance tools are used by unauthorized personnel, they may accidentally or intentionally damage or compromise the system. This requirement addresses security-related issues associated with maintenance tools used specifically for diagnostic and repair actions on organizational network devices. Maintenance tools can include hardware, software, and firmware items. Maintenance tools are potential vehicles for transporting malicious code, either intentionally or unintentionally, into a facility and subsequently into organizational information systems. Maintenance tools can include, for example, hardware/software diagnostic test equipment and hardware/software packet sniffers. This requirement does not cover hardware/software components that may support information system maintenance yet are a part of the system (e.g., the software implementing "ping," "ls," "ipconfig," or the hardware and software implementing the monitoring port of an Ethernet switch).
STIGDate
Network Device Management Security Requirements Guide2025-09-10

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.

MNT-04.4Restrict Tool Usage
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (21) 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-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(7)Role-based Access Control
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00
AU-10Non-repudiation
1.00
AU-9Protection of Audit Information
1.00
CM-11(2)Software Installation with Privileged Status
1.00
CM-5Access Restrictions for Change
1.00
CM-5(1)Automated Access Enforcement and Audit Records
1.00

+11 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-002883
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-202116r961545_chk)

Determine if the network device restricts the use of maintenance functions to authorized personnel only. If other personnel can use maintenance functions on the network device, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-2243r382029_fix)

Configure the network device to restrict use of maintenance functions to authorized personnel only.