Ensure No Excessive `FILE` Privilege Grants

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.

SELECT User, Host FROM mysql.user WHERE File_priv = 'Y'; Confirm only accounts that genuinely require it hold this privilege.

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

REVOKE FILE ON *.* FROM 'username'@'host';