STIGQter: STIG Summary: Crunchy Data Postgres 16 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify categories of information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.

DISA Rule

SV-261949r1000852_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-261949

Group Title

SRG-APP-000498-DB-000347

Rule Version

CD16-00-010500

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

CCI-000172 - Generate audit records for the event types defined in AU-2 c that include the audit record content defined in AU-3.

Weight

Fix Recommendation

Note: The following instructions use the PGDATA and PGVER environment variables. Refer to APPENDIX-F for instructions on configuring PGDATA and APPENDIX-H for PGVER.

Configure PostgreSQL to produce audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify categories of information occur.

To ensure logging is enabled, see the instructions in the supplementary content APPENDIX-C. All denials are logged when logging is enabled.

With pgaudit installed the following configurations can be made:

$ sudo su - postgres
$ vi ${PGDATA?}/postgresql.conf

Add the following parameters (or edit existing parameters):

pgaudit.log='ddl, role, read, write'

As the system administrator, reload the server with the new configuration:

$ sudo systemctl reload postgresql-${PGVER?}

Check Contents

As the database administrator, verify pgaudit is enabled by running the following SQL:

$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql -c "SHOW shared_preload_libraries"

If the output does not contain "pgaudit", this is a finding.

Verify that role, read, write, and ddl auditing are enabled:

$ psql -c "SHOW pgaudit.log"

If the output does not contain role, read, write, and ddl, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-261949

Documentable

False

Rule Version

CD16-00-010500

Severity Override Guidance

Check Content Reference

Target Key

5598