STIGQter: STIG Summary: zOS WebSphere MQ for TSS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 7 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

WebSphere MQ RESLEVEL resources in the appropriate ADMIN resource class must be protected in accordance with security requirements.

DISA Rule

SV-225639r1146245_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-225639

Group Title

SRG-OS-000080

Rule Version

ZWMQ0060

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.
• CCI-001762 - Disable or remove organization-defined functions, ports, protocols, software, and services within the system deemed to be unnecessary and/or nonsecure.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

RESLEVEL security profiles control the number of userids checked for API resource security. RESLEVEL security will not be implemented due to the following exposures and limitations:

RESLEVEL is a powerful option that can cause the bypassing of all security checks.

Security audit records are not created when the RESLEVEL profile is utilized.

If the WARNING option is specified on a RESLEVEL profile, no warning messages are produced.

To protect against any profile in the MQADMIN or MXADMIN class, such as ssid.**, resolving to a RESLEVEL profile, an ssid.RESLEVEL permission will be created for each queue manager with an access of none.

The following sample command prevents access to ssid.RESLEVEL:

TSS PER(ALL) MQADMIN(ssid.RESLEVEL) ACCESS(NONE)

Check Contents

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

- SENSITVE.RPT(WHOHMADM).
- SENSITVE.RPT(WHOHXADM).

Automated Analysis
Refer to the following report produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection:

- PDI(ZWMQ0060).

Access authorization to these RESLEVEL resources restricts all access. No users are permitted access to ssid.RESLEVEL resources in the MQADMIN resource class (or MXADMIN resource class, if SCYCASE is set to MIXED). If this guidance is true, this is not a finding.

Note: ssid is the queue manager name (a.k.a., subsystem identifier).

Vulnerability Number

V-225639

Documentable

False

Rule Version

ZWMQ0060

Severity Override Guidance

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

- SENSITVE.RPT(WHOHMADM).
- SENSITVE.RPT(WHOHXADM).

Automated Analysis
Refer to the following report produced by the Data Set and Resource Data Collection:

- PDI(ZWMQ0060).

Access authorization to these RESLEVEL resources restricts all access. No users are permitted access to ssid.RESLEVEL resources in the MQADMIN resource class (or MXADMIN resource class, if SCYCASE is set to MIXED). If this guidance is true, this is not a finding.

Note: ssid is the queue manager name (a.k.a., subsystem identifier).

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4211