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

CICS regions are improperly protected to prevent unauthorized propagation of the region userid.

DISA Rule

SV-224500r1144718_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-224500

Group Title

SRG-OS-000080

Rule Version

ZCICR041

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

Utilize propagation control for each CICS region.

Under no circumstance should a user's batch job submitted from a CICS region execute under that CICS region's userid. To prevent this from occurring, define a profile in the PROPCNTL resource class for each CICS region. The
following is an example:
RDEFINE PROPCNTL <cics-region-userid> OWNER(ADMIN) AUDIT(ALL(READ))

The PROPCNTL class must be active and RACLISTed for this protection to be in effect:
SETROPTS CLASSACT(PROPCNTL) RACLIST(PROPCNTL)

Check Contents

Refer to the following report produced by the RACF Data Collection:

- SENSITVE.RPT(PROPCNTL).

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

If each CICS region is defined to the PROPCNTL resource class, this is not a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-224500

Documentable

False

Rule Version

ZCICR041

Severity Override Guidance

Refer to the following report produced by the RACF Data Collection:

- SENSITVE.RPT(PROPCNTL).

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

If each CICS region is defined to the PROPCNTL resource class, this is not a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4154