Title

Tanium console users User Roles must be validated against the documentation for User Roles. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

System access should be reviewed periodically to verify that all Tanium users are assigned the appropriate role, with the least privileged access possible to perform assigned tasks being the recommended best practice. Users who have been removed from the documentation should no longer be configured as a Tanium Console User. Consider removing users that have not logged onto the system within a predetermined time frame. When using Active Directory synchronization, as is required by this STIG, User Roles assignments are via the AD Sync connector. AD security groups correlate, one to one, to Tanium User Roles. To change a Tanium user's User Role, their Active Directory account needs to be moved to the AD security group which correlates with the applicable User Role.

Check Content

Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to the Tanium Server, access the Tanium Server web user interface (UI) and log on with CAC. Click on "Administration". Select the "Users" tab. Verify each user against the provided list, and review the assigned roles for each user against the "User Role" column. If any user exists in Tanium but is not on the documented list and/or if any user exists in Tanium at a more elevated User Role than that documented on the list, this is a finding.

Fix Text

When using Active Directory synchronization, as is required by this STIG, User Roles assignments are via the AD Sync connector. AD security groups correlate, one to one, to Tanium User Roles. To change a Tanium user's User Role, their Active Directory account needs to be moved to the AD security group which correlates with the applicable User Role. Access the Active Directory server. Locate the account(s) which have been determined to have the incorrect User Roles in Tanium. Review the Tanium-related AD Security Groups to which the user account(s) belong which directly correlate to the incorrect Tanium User Roles. Remove the user account(s) from the incorrect Tanium User Roles, ensuring the user account(s) are still members of the Tanium-related AD Security Groups for which they have been documented to be authorized.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-81497r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-67007

Group Title: SRG-APP-000033

Expert Comments

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