Ensure there are no unnecessary roles or excessive privileges

MediumLevel 2Manual reviewyugabytedb

Description

Verify each role is required and has only the privileges needed to do its job.

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.

As a YCQL superuser run SELECT role, can_login, is_superuser, member_of FROM system_auth.roles; and SELECT * FROM system_auth.role_permissions; Any role that is not needed, or any role holding more permissions than its function requires, is a finding (DROP ROLE / REVOKE ... FROM ...).

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Remove any unnecessary roles and/or permissions in accordance with organizational needs. Drop unnecessary roles by issuing the following command: cassandra@ycqlsh> DROP ROLE IF EXISTS developer Alternatively, you can revoke permissions. For example, you can revoke the engineering role from the user john as follows: cassandra@ycqlsh> REVOKE engineering FROM john;

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: yugabytedbprivileges
Reference: CIS YugabyteDB Benchmark v2.0.0 - 5.4 Ensure there are no unnecessary roles or excessive privileges