The Azure SQL Managed Instance must be able to generate audit records when attempts to retrieve privileges/permissions occur.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-276242	SRG-APP-000091-DB-000066	MSQL-00-004600	SV-276242r1150021_rule	2025-10-07	1

Description
Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information; therefore, it must be possible to configure auditing to do this. DBMSs typically make such information available through views or functions. This requirement addresses explicit requests for privilege/permission/role membership information. It does not refer to the implicit retrieval of privileges/permissions/role memberships that Azure SQL Managed Instance continually performs to determine if any and every action on the database is permitted. To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in addition to the successful ones. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000091-DB-000066, SRG-APP-000091-DB-000325, SRG-APP-000495-DB-000326

Description

Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information; therefore, it must be possible to configure auditing to do this. DBMSs typically make such information available through views or functions. This requirement addresses explicit requests for privilege/permission/role membership information. It does not refer to the implicit retrieval of privileges/permissions/role memberships that Azure SQL Managed Instance continually performs to determine if any and every action on the database is permitted. To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in addition to the successful ones. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000091-DB-000066, SRG-APP-000091-DB-000325, SRG-APP-000495-DB-000326

ℹ️ Check
Review Azure SQL Managed Instance configuration to verify that audit records are produced when privileges/permissions/role memberships are retrieved. To determine if an audit is configured, follow the instructions below: Run this TSQL command to determine if SQL Auditing AuditActionGroups are configured: SELECT DISTINCT sd.audit_action_name FROM sys.server_audit_specification_details sd JOIN sys.server_audit_specifications s ON s.server_specification_id = sd.server_specification_id WHERE s.is_state_enabled = 1 ORDER BY sd.audit_action_name If no values exist for AuditActionGroup, this is a finding. Verify the following AuditActionGroup(s) are configured: SCHEMA_OBJECT_ACCESS_GROUP If any listed AuditActionGroups do not exist in the configuration, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Review Azure SQL Managed Instance configuration to verify that audit records are produced when privileges/permissions/role memberships are retrieved. To determine if an audit is configured, follow the instructions below: Run this TSQL command to determine if SQL Auditing AuditActionGroups are configured: SELECT DISTINCT sd.audit_action_name FROM sys.server_audit_specification_details sd JOIN sys.server_audit_specifications s ON s.server_specification_id = sd.server_specification_id WHERE s.is_state_enabled = 1 ORDER BY sd.audit_action_name If no values exist for AuditActionGroup, this is a finding. Verify the following AuditActionGroup(s) are configured: SCHEMA_OBJECT_ACCESS_GROUP If any listed AuditActionGroups do not exist in the configuration, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Deploy an Azure SQL Managed Instance audit. Refer to the supplemental file "AzureSQLMIAudit.sql" script. Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/auditing-configure?view=azuresql