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MongoDB Enterprise Advanced 8.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version: 1

Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 26 Jan 2026

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SV-279331r1179501_ruleMongoDB must limit the total number of concurrent connections to the database.
SV-279332r1179502_ruleMongoDB must integrate with an organization-level authentication/access mechanism providing account management and automation for all users, groups, roles, and any other principals.
SV-279333r1179443_ruleMongoDB must enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.
SV-279334r1179504_ruleMongoDB must provide audit record generation for DOD-defined auditable events within all DBMS/database components.
SV-279336r1179505_ruleThe audit information produced by MongoDB must be protected from unauthorized access, modification, and deletion.
SV-279337r1179178_ruleMongoDB must protect its audit features from unauthorized access, modification, and removal.
SV-279338r1179445_ruleMongoDB must limit privileges to change software modules, to include stored procedures, functions and triggers, and links to software external to MongoDB.
SV-279339r1179184_ruleMongoDB software installation account must be restricted to authorized users.
SV-279340r1179187_ruleMongoDB database software, including configuration files, must be stored in dedicated directories, or DASD pools, separate from the host OS and other applications.
SV-279341r1179506_ruleMongoDB database objects (including but not limited to tables, indexes, storage, stored procedures, functions, triggers, links to software external to MongoDB, etc.) must be owned by database/DBMS principals authorized for ownership.
SV-279342r1179447_ruleThe role(s)/group(s) used to modify database structure (including but not necessarily limited to tables, indexes, storage, etc.) and logic modules (stored procedures, functions, triggers, links to software external to MongoDB, etc.) must be restricted to authorized users.
SV-279344r1179199_ruleUnused database components, MongoDB software, and database objects must be removed.
SV-279346r1179449_ruleMongoDB must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of organization-defined functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.
SV-279347r1179208_ruleMongoDB must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).
SV-279349r1179508_ruleMongoDB must, for password-based authentication, store passwords using an approved salted key derivation function, preferably using a keyed hash.
SV-279350r1179454_ruleIf passwords are used for authentication, MongoDB must transmit only encrypted representations of passwords.
SV-279351r1179509_ruleMongoDB must enforce authorized access to all PKI private keys stored/used by the DBMS.
SV-279352r1179459_ruleMongoDB must map the PKI-authenticated identity to an associated user account.
SV-279353r1179226_ruleMongoDB must obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation/use by unauthorized individuals.
SV-279354r1179510_ruleMongoDB must use NIST FIPS 140-2/140-3 validated cryptographic modules for cryptographic operations.
SV-279355r1179463_ruleMongoDB must separate user functionality (including user interface services) from database management functionality.
SV-279358r1179465_ruleMongoDB must maintain the authenticity of communications sessions by guarding against man-in-the-middle attacks that guess at Session ID values.
SV-279361r1179250_ruleMongoDB must protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.
SV-279363r1179256_ruleDatabase contents must be protected from unauthorized and unintended information transfer by enforcement of a data-transfer policy.
SV-279364r1179259_ruleAccess to database files must be limited to relevant processes and to authorized, administrative users.
SV-279365r1179467_ruleMongoDB must check the validity of all data inputs except those specifically identified by the organization.
SV-279366r1179512_ruleMongoDB and associated applications must reserve the use of dynamic code execution for situations that require it.
SV-279367r1179513_ruleMongoDB must provide nonprivileged users with error messages that provide information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.
SV-279368r1179271_ruleMongoDB must reveal detailed error messages only to the information system security officer (ISSO), information system security manager (ISSM), system administrator (SA) and database administrator (DBA).
SV-279371r1179515_ruleMongoDB must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in storage.
SV-279372r1179475_ruleMongoDB must enforce Discretionary Access Control (DAC) policies, as defined by the data owner, over defined subjects and objects.
SV-279373r1179516_ruleMongoDB must prevent nonprivileged users from executing privileged functions, to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.
SV-279375r1179292_ruleMongoDB must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.
SV-279376r1179479_ruleMongoDB must provide a warning to appropriate support staff when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of maximum audit record storage capacity.
SV-279380r1179481_ruleMongoDB must prohibit user installation of logic modules (stored procedures, functions, triggers, views, etc.) without explicit privileged status.
SV-279381r1179310_ruleMongoDB must enforce access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of MongoDB or database(s).
SV-279382r1179313_ruleMongoDB must disable network functions, ports, protocols, and services deemed by the organization to be nonsecure, in accord with the Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) guidance.
SV-279383r1179483_ruleMongoDB must require users to reauthenticate when organization-defined circumstances or situations require reauthentication.
SV-279385r1179518_ruleMongoDB must use NSA-approved cryptography to protect classified information in accordance with the data owner's requirements.
SV-279386r1179520_ruleMongoDB must only accept end entity certificates issued by DOD PKI or DOD-approved PKI Certification Authorities (CAs) for the establishment of all encrypted sessions.
SV-279387r1179328_ruleMongoDB must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized modification of organization-defined information at rest (to include, at a minimum, PII and classified information) on organization-defined information system components.
SV-279389r1179334_ruleMongoDB must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during preparation for transmission.
SV-279390r1179486_ruleWhen invalid inputs are received, MongoDB must behave in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives.
SV-279391r1179488_ruleWhen updates are applied to MongoDB software, any software components that have been replaced or made unnecessary must be removed.
SV-279392r1179521_ruleSecurity-relevant software updates to MongoDB must be installed within the time period directed by an authoritative source (e.g., IAVM, CTOs, DTMs, and STIGs).
SV-279393r1179522_ruleMongoDB must be a version supported by the vendor.
SV-279394r1179490_ruleMongoDB must off-load audit data to a separate log management facility; this shall be continuous and in near real time for systems with a network connection to the storage facility and weekly or more often for stand-alone systems.
SV-279395r1179492_ruleMongoDB must be configured in accordance with the security configuration settings based on DOD security configuration and implementation guidance, including STIGs, NSA configuration guides, CTOs, DTMs, and IAVMs.
SV-279398r1179494_ruleMongoDB must prevent the installation of organization-defined software and firmware components without verification that the component has been digitally signed using a certificate recognized and approved by the organization.
SV-279399r1179524_ruleMongoDB must require users to be individually authenticated before granting access to the shared accounts or resources.
SV-279409r1179526_ruleMongoDB must, for public key-based authentication, implement a local cache of revocation data to support path discovery and validation.
SV-279411r1179400_ruleMongoDB must include only approved trust anchors in trust stores or certificate stores managed by the organization.
SV-279412r1179403_ruleMongoDB must provide protected storage for cryptographic keys with organization-defined safeguards and/or hardware protected key store.
SV-281700r1179499_ruleMongoDB must terminate a user session after organization-defined conditions or trigger events requiring session disconnect via a scheduled script.
SV-282943r1179530_ruleMongoDB must be configured to restrict the use of administrator access to authorized IP addresses.