STIGQter: STIG Summary: z/OS IBM CICS Transaction Server for RACF Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 7 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 01 Oct 2025:

Sensitive CICS transactions are not protected in accordance with security requirements.

DISA Rule

SV-224493r1145202_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-224493

Group Title

SRG-OS-000080

Rule Version

ZCIC0020

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000213 - Enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Develop a plan to implement the required changes.

Most transactions are protected in groups. An example would be "L2TRANS", which would contain all Category 2 transactions. L2TRANS is defined to RACF as a profile and contains all the Category 2 transactions. An example of how to implement this within RACF is shown here:

RDEF GCICSTRN L2TRANS UACC(NONE) OWNER(ADMIN) AUDIT(ALL(READ))

RALT GCICSTRN L2TRANS ADDMEM(CADP CBAM CDBC)

Permission to the transaction group can be accomplished with a sample command:

PE L2TRANS CL(GCICSTRN) id(<syspaudt>)

Note that a refresh is generally needed to the member class.
In this case TCICSTRN is the member class for GCICSTRN and a sample refresh command is

SETR RACL(TCICSTRN) REFRESH

Transactions groups should be defined and permitted in accordance with the CICS Transaction tables listed in the zOS STIG Addendum.

Check Contents

Refer to the following reports produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection:

- SENSITVE.RPT(TCICSTRN).
- SENSITVE.RPT(GCICSTRN).

Note: If a CICS region is using a site-defined transaction resource class pair, execute a RACF RLIST command against these resource classes.

Refer to the CICS Systems Programmer Worksheets filled out from previous vulnerability ZCIC0010.

If the following items are in effect for all CICS regions, this is not a finding.

Transactions listed in tables CICS CATEGORY 2 CICS AND OTHER PRODUCT TRANSACTIONS and CICS CATEGORY 4 COTS-SUPPLIED SENSITIVE TRANSACTIONS, in the z/OS STIG Addendum, are restricted to authorized personnel.

Note: The exception to this is the CEOT and CSGM transactions, which can be made available to all users.
Note: The exception to this is the CWBA transaction, can be made available to the CICS Default user.
Note: The transactions beginning with "CK" apply to regions running WebSphere MQ.
Note: Category 1 transactions are internally restricted to CICS region userids.

Vulnerability Number

V-224493

Documentable

False

Rule Version

ZCIC0020

Severity Override Guidance

Refer to the following reports produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection:

- SENSITVE.RPT(TCICSTRN).
- SENSITVE.RPT(GCICSTRN).

Note: If a CICS region is using a site-defined transaction resource class pair, execute a RACF RLIST command against these resource classes.

Refer to the CICS Systems Programmer Worksheets filled out from previous vulnerability ZCIC0010.

If the following items are in effect for all CICS regions, this is not a finding.

Transactions listed in tables CICS CATEGORY 2 CICS AND OTHER PRODUCT TRANSACTIONS and CICS CATEGORY 4 COTS-SUPPLIED SENSITIVE TRANSACTIONS, in the z/OS STIG Addendum, are restricted to authorized personnel.

Note: The exception to this is the CEOT and CSGM transactions, which can be made available to all users.
Note: The exception to this is the CWBA transaction, can be made available to the CICS Default user.
Note: The transactions beginning with "CK" apply to regions running WebSphere MQ.
Note: Category 1 transactions are internally restricted to CICS region userids.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4154