STIGUI
V-266948CAT II — Medium severitySV-266948r1137878_rule

AOS must enforce role-based access control policies over defined subjects and objects.

Rule version ARBA-ND-000287 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-25

Discussion

Organizations can create specific roles based on job functions and the authorizations (i.e., privileges) to perform needed operations on organizational information systems associated with the organization-defined roles. When administrators are assigned to the organizational roles, they inherit the authorizations or privileges defined for those roles.

RBAC simplifies privilege administration for organizations because privileges are not assigned directly to every administrator (which can be a significant number of individuals for mid- to large-size organizations) but are instead acquired through role assignments. RBAC can be implemented either as a mandatory or discretionary form of access control.

The RBAC policies and the subjects and objects are defined uniquely for each network device, so they cannot be specified in the requirement.

Check

Verify the AOS configuration using the web interface:

1. Navigate to Configuration >> System >> Admin. Expand "Admin Authentication Options". 2. Verify the following: - Default role: Is set to root. - Enable: Checkbox is checked. - The enterprise Server group is set to the configured enterprise LDAP server group.

If any of the three settings above are not configured, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure AOS using the web interface:

1. Navigate to Configuration >> System >> Admin and expand "Admin Authentication Options". 2. Select the Default role: of root. 3. Click the Enable: checkbox. 4. Select the configured enterprise LDAP server group. 5. Under Server group, click Submit >> Pending Changes >> Deploy Changes.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-266948
Group title
SRG-APP-000329-NDM-000287
Rule ID
SV-266948r1137878_rule
Check ID
C-70872r1039863_chk
Fix ID
F-70775r1039864_fix