STIGUI
V-259257CAT II — Medium severitySV-259257r1137655_rule

The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must separate user functionality (including user interface services) from database management functionality.

Rule version EPAS-00-005100 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-03

Discussion

Information system management functionality includes functions necessary to administer databases, network components, workstations, or servers and typically requires privileged user access.

The separation of user functionality from information system management functionality is either physical or logical and is accomplished by using different computers, different central processing units, different instances of the operating system, different network addresses, combinations of these methods, or other methods, as appropriate.

An example of this type of separation is observed in web administrative interfaces that use separate authentication methods for users of any other information system resources.

This may include isolating the administrative interface on a different domain and with additional access controls.

If administrative functionality or information regarding DBMS management is presented on an interface available for users, information on DBMS settings may be inadvertently made available to the user.

Check

As the "enterprisedb" user, run the following from the command line:

> psql edb

From the psql prompt run:

\du

If a user listed in the output is not approved for SUPERUSER access, this is a finding.

Fix

Execute the following SQL as the "enterprisedb" operating system user for all database users not approved for SUPERUSER privileges:

> psql edb -c "ALTER USER <username> NOSUPERUSER"

Identifiers

Group ID
V-259257
Group title
SRG-APP-000211-DB-000122
Rule ID
SV-259257r1137655_rule
Check ID
C-62996r938822_chk
Fix ID
F-62905r938823_fix