STIGUI
V-259317CAT II — Medium severitySV-259317r961824_rule

The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful logons or connection attempts occur.

Rule version EPAS-00-011900 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-03

Discussion

For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track failed attempts to log on to the DBMS. While positive identification may not be possible in a case of failed authentication, as much information as possible about the incident must be captured.

Check

Execute the following SQL as the "enterprisedb" operating system user:

> psql edb -c "SHOW edb_audit_connect"

If the result is not "all" or if the current setting for this requirement has not been noted and approved by the organization in the system documentation, this is a finding.

Fix

Execute the following SQL as the "enterprisedb" operating system user:

> psql edb -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET edb_audit_connect = 'all'"
> psql edb -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET edb_audit_disconnect = 'all'"
> psql edb -c "SELECT pg_reload_conf()"

or

Update the system documentation to note the organizationally approved setting and corresponding justification of the setting for this requirement.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-259317
Group title
SRG-APP-000503-DB-000351
Rule ID
SV-259317r961824_rule
Check ID
C-63056r939002_chk
Fix ID
F-62965r939003_fix