Cis Cassandra311 3.1
DevOps & Securitycis-cassandra311-3.1Cis Cassandra311 3.1 is an Agent Skill for devops & security published in the CyberStrikeus/CyberStrike repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.
Ensure the cassandra and superuser roles are separate
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3.1 Ensure the cassandra and superuser roles are separate
Profile Applicability
- Level 1 - Cassandra
- Level 2 - Cassandra
- Level 1 - Cassandra on Linux
- Level 2 - Cassandra on Linux
Description
The default installation of Cassandra includes a superuser role named cassandra. This necessitates the creation of a separate role to be the superuser role.
Rationale
Superuser permissions allow for the creation, deletion, and permission management of other users. Considering the cassandra role is well known it should not be a superuser or one which is used for any administrative tasks.
Impact
The separate account must be created, assigned the superuser role, and tested for correct functionality prior to removing the superuser role from the cassandra account. Otherwise,
Audit
To verify the configuration, run the following query:
select role, is_superuser from system_auth.roles;
If cassandra or any unapproved role is returned, this is a finding.
Remediation
To remediate a misconfiguration, perform the following steps:
- Execute the following command:
Note: Replace <NEW_ROLE_HERE> with the desired role and <NEW_PASSWORD_HERE> with a password.
- Verify the new role is working.
- Remove the superuser role from the cassandra account by executing the following command:
UPDATE system_auth.roles SET is_superuser=null WHERE role='cassandra'
Default Value
The cassandra role is created with superuser privileges by default.
References
Not specified in the benchmark.
CIS Controls
- v8: 5.4 Restrict Administrator Privileges to Dedicated Administrator Accounts
- v7: 4.3 Ensure the Use of Dedicated Administrative Accounts
Profile
- Level 1 | Automated