Azure SQL Managed Instance must be able to generate audit records when attempts to access security objects occur.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-276312	SRG-APP-000492-DB-000332	MSQL-D0-012900	SV-276312r1150026_rule	2025-10-07	1

Description
Changes to the security configuration must be tracked. This requirement applies to situations where security data is retrieved or modified via data manipulation operations, as opposed to via specialized security functionality. In an SQL environment, types of access include, but are not necessarily limited to: - SELECT - INSERT - UPDATE - DELETE - EXECUTE To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in addition to the successful ones. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000492-DB-000332, SRG-APP-000492-DB-000333

Description

Changes to the security configuration must be tracked. This requirement applies to situations where security data is retrieved or modified via data manipulation operations, as opposed to via specialized security functionality. In an SQL environment, types of access include, but are not necessarily limited to: - SELECT - INSERT - UPDATE - DELETE - EXECUTE To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in addition to the successful ones. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000492-DB-000332, SRG-APP-000492-DB-000333

ℹ️ Check
Determine if an audit is configured and started by executing the following query: SELECT name AS 'Audit Name', status_desc AS 'Audit Status', audit_file_path AS 'Current Audit File' FROM sys.dm_server_audit_status WHERE name NOT IN ('admin_audit','SqlDbThreatDetection_ServerAudit') If no records are returned, this is a finding. Execute the following query to verify the SCHEMA_OBJECT_ACCESS_GROUP is included in the server audit specification: SELECT a.name AS 'AuditName', s.name AS 'SpecName', d.audit_action_name AS 'ActionName', d.audited_result AS 'Result' FROM sys.server_audit_specifications s JOIN sys.server_audits a ON s.audit_guid = a.audit_guid JOIN sys.server_audit_specification_details d ON s.server_specification_id = d.server_specification_id WHERE a.is_state_enabled = 1 AND d.audit_action_name = 'SCHEMA_OBJECT_ACCESS_GROUP' If the 'SCHEMA_OBJECT_ACCESS_GROUP' is not returned in an active audit, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Determine if an audit is configured and started by executing the following query: SELECT name AS 'Audit Name', status_desc AS 'Audit Status', audit_file_path AS 'Current Audit File' FROM sys.dm_server_audit_status WHERE name NOT IN ('admin_audit','SqlDbThreatDetection_ServerAudit') If no records are returned, this is a finding. Execute the following query to verify the SCHEMA_OBJECT_ACCESS_GROUP is included in the server audit specification: SELECT a.name AS 'AuditName', s.name AS 'SpecName', d.audit_action_name AS 'ActionName', d.audited_result AS 'Result' FROM sys.server_audit_specifications s JOIN sys.server_audits a ON s.audit_guid = a.audit_guid JOIN sys.server_audit_specification_details d ON s.server_specification_id = d.server_specification_id WHERE a.is_state_enabled = 1 AND d.audit_action_name = 'SCHEMA_OBJECT_ACCESS_GROUP' If the 'SCHEMA_OBJECT_ACCESS_GROUP' is not returned in an active audit, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Deploy an audit to audit the retrieval of privilege/permission/role membership information when attempts to access security objects occur. Refer to the supplemental file "AzureSQLMIAudit.sql" script. Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/auditing-configure?view=azuresql