STIGQter: STIG Summary: Tanium 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 02 Jul 2025:

The Tanium "max_soap_sessions_per_user" setting must be explicitly enabled to limit the number of simultaneous sessions.

DISA Rule

SV-253864r997286_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-253864

Group Title

SRG-APP-000001

Rule Version

TANS-SV-000046

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000054 - Limit the number of concurrent sessions for each organization-defined account and/or account type to an organization-defined number.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

1. Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to the Tanium application, access the Tanium application web UI and log on with multifactor authentication.

2. Click "Administration" on the top navigation banner.

3. Under "Configuration", select "Platform Settings".

4. Click "Create Setting".

5. Select "Server" box for "Setting Type".

6. In "Create Platform Setting" dialog box, enter "max_soap_sessions_per_user" for "Name".

7. Select "Numeric" radio button from "Value Type".

8. Enter "1024" for the "Value:".

9. Click "Save".

10. Add this setting to the system documentation for validation.

Check Contents

1. Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to the Tanium application, access the Tanium application web user interface (UI) and log on with multifactor authentication.

2. Click "Administration" on the top navigation banner.

3. Under "Configuration", select "Platform Settings".

4. In the "Filter items" search box, type "max_soap_sessions_per_user".

5. Click "Enter".

If no results are returned, this is a finding.

If results are returned for "max_soap_sessions_per_user" but the value is not 1024, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-253864

Documentable

False

Rule Version

TANS-SV-000046

Severity Override Guidance

1. Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to the Tanium application, access the Tanium application web user interface (UI) and log on with multifactor authentication.

2. Click "Administration" on the top navigation banner.

3. Under "Configuration", select "Platform Settings".

4. In the "Filter items" search box, type "max_soap_sessions_per_user".

5. Click "Enter".

If no results are returned, this is a finding.

If results are returned for "max_soap_sessions_per_user" but the value is not 1024, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5476