TMA-MONGODB-5.2
Ensure that audit filters are configured properly
Description
MongoDB Enterprise supports auditing of various operations. When enabled, the audit facility, by default, records all auditable operations as detailed in Audit Event Actions, Details, and Results. To specify which events to record, the audit feature includes the - -auditFilter option. This check is only for Enterprise editions.
How it is checked
Audit method: Manual review
This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.
To verify that audit filters are configured on MongoDB as per the organization's requirements, run the following command: On Ubuntu: cat /etc/mongod.conf |grep -A10 "auditLog" | grep "filter" On Windows: type mongod.conf | findstr -A10 "auditLog" | findstr "filter"
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
Set the audit filters based on the organization's requirements.
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- mongodbloggingaudit
- Reference
- CIS MongoDB 8 Benchmark v2.0.0 - 5.2 Ensure that audit filters are configured properly