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MariaDB Enterprise 10.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000148-DB-000103
MariaDB must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).
MariaDB must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).
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MariaDB must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors). Organizational users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) must be uniquely identified and authenticated for all accesses, except the following: (i) Accesses explicitly identified and documented by the organization. Organizations document specific user actions that can be performed on the information system without identification or authentication; and (ii) Accesses that occur through authorized use of group authenticators without individual authentication. Organizations may require unique identification of individuals using shared accounts, for detailed accountability of individual activity. It is recommended to not allow shared accounts, including root. The root user is known by all attackers, and often used in attempted attacks on the database servers.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>