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V-252845CAT II — Medium severitySV-252845r960783_rule

When allowed by the central authentication system, the default role assigned to a user must be User-Base.

Rule version CNTR-RM-000080 · STIG v2 · 2025-11-20

Discussion

Rancher MCM uses roles for authentication. It is necessary to ensure the proper roles and permissions are configured. The role used by default does not ensure least privilege. The default role needs to be changed to allow least privilege access.

Check

Verify User-Base is the default assigned role: -From the GUI, navigate to Triple Bar Symbol(Global) >> Users & Authentication >> Roles. -Click "Standard User". -At the top right, click the three dots, and then choose "Edit Config". -Under "New User Default", ensure "No" is selected. -Click "User-Base". -At the top right, click the three dots, and then "Edit Config". -Under "New User Default", ensure "Yes" is selected.

If "No" is not selected for Standard User, this is a finding.

If "Yes" is not selected for User-Base, this is a finding.

Fix

From the GUI, navigate to Triple Bar Symbol(Global) >> Users & Authentication >> Roles. -Click "Standard User". -At the top right, click the three dots, and then "Edit Config". -Under "New User Default", select "No" and click "Save". -Click "User-Base". -At the top right, click the three dots, and then click "Edit Config". -Under "New User Default", select "Yes", and then click "Save".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-252845
Group title
SRG-APP-000028-CTR-000080
Rule ID
SV-252845r960783_rule
Check ID
C-56301r822505_chk
Fix ID
F-56251r822506_fix