STIGQter: STIG Summary: MongoDB Enterprise Advanced 8.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 26 Jan 2026:

MongoDB must separate user functionality (including user interface services) from database management functionality.

DISA Rule

SV-279355r1179463_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-279355

Group Title

SRG-APP-000211-DB-000122

Rule Version

MD8X-00-004400

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001082 - Separate user functionality, including user interface services, from system management functionality.
• CCI-000804 - Uniquely identify and authenticate non-organizational users or processes acting on behalf of non-organizational users.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Administrators using MongoDB should document the appropriate privileges for various roles appropriate to the application.

Prerequisite: To view a user's roles, users must have the "viewUser" privilege.

Connect to MongoDB.

For each database, identify the user's roles for the database.

use <database>
db.getUser("[username]")

The server will return a document with the user's roles.

To revoke a user's role from a database, use the db.revokeRolesFromUser() method.

To grant a role to a user, use the db.grantRolesToUser() method.

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MongoDB grants access to data and commands through role-based authorization and provides built-in roles that provide the different levels of access commonly needed in a database system. User-defined roles can also be created.

Check a user's role to verify correct privileges for the function.

Prerequisite: To view a user's roles, users must have the "viewUser" privilege.

Connect to MongoDB.

For each database in the system, identify the user's roles for the database:

use <database>
db.getUser("[username]")

The server will return a document with the user's roles.

View a role's privileges.

Prerequisite: To view a user's roles, users must have the "viewUser" privilege.

For each database, identify the privileges granted by a role:

use <database>
db.getRole( "read", { showPrivileges: true } )

The server will return a document with the "privileges" and "inheritedPrivileges" arrays. The "privileges returned" document lists the privileges directly specified by the role and excludes those privileges inherited from other roles. The "inheritedPrivileges" returned document lists all privileges granted by this role, both directly specified and inherited. If the role does not inherit from other roles, the two fields are the same.

If a user has a role with inappropriate privileges, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-279355

Documentable

False

Rule Version

MD8X-00-004400

Severity Override Guidance

MongoDB grants access to data and commands through role-based authorization and provides built-in roles that provide the different levels of access commonly needed in a database system. User-defined roles can also be created.

Check a user's role to verify correct privileges for the function.

Prerequisite: To view a user's roles, users must have the "viewUser" privilege.

Connect to MongoDB.

For each database in the system, identify the user's roles for the database:

use <database>
db.getUser("[username]")

The server will return a document with the user's roles.

View a role's privileges.

Prerequisite: To view a user's roles, users must have the "viewUser" privilege.

For each database, identify the privileges granted by a role:

use <database>
db.getRole( "read", { showPrivileges: true } )

The server will return a document with the "privileges" and "inheritedPrivileges" arrays. The "privileges returned" document lists the privileges directly specified by the role and excludes those privileges inherited from other roles. The "inheritedPrivileges" returned document lists all privileges granted by this role, both directly specified and inherited. If the role does not inherit from other roles, the two fields are the same.

If a user has a role with inappropriate privileges, this is a finding.

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Target Key

5728