TMA-MONGODB-2.1

Ensure Authentication is configured

CriticalLevel 1Automatedmongodb

Description

This setting ensures that all clients, users, servers are required to authenticate before being granted access to the MongoDB database. Authentication is the process of verifying the identity of a client. When access control, i.e. authorization, is enabled, MongoDB requires all clients to authenticate themselves in order to determine their access. Checks the YAML config file /etc/mongod.conf (SKIP when it does not exist).

How it is checked

Audit method: File pattern

File: /etc/mongod.conf
Pattern: (?m)^[ \t]*authorization:[ \t]*['\x22]?enabled\b

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Create a user administrator first (use admin; db.createUser({user: '<admin>', pwd: passwordPrompt(), roles: [{role: 'userAdminAnyDatabase', db: 'admin'}]})), then set 'security: authorization: enabled' in /etc/mongod.conf and restart mongod.

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: mongodbauthentication
Reference: CIS MongoDB 8 Benchmark v2.0.0 - 2.1 Ensure Authentication is configured

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target mongodb