WebSphere MQ Alternate User resources defined to appropriate ADMIN resource class must be protected in accordance with security requirements.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-224564	SRG-OS-000080	ZWMQ0057	SV-224564r1050713_rule	2025-02-24	7

Description
WebSphere MQ resources allow for the control of administrator functions, connections, commands, queues, processes, and namelists. Some resources provide the ability to disable or bypass security checking. Failure to properly protect WebSphere MQ resources may result in unauthorized access. This exposure could compromise the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of system services, applications, and customer data.

Description

WebSphere MQ resources allow for the control of administrator functions, connections, commands, queues, processes, and namelists. Some resources provide the ability to disable or bypass security checking. Failure to properly protect WebSphere MQ resources may result in unauthorized access. This exposure could compromise the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of system services, applications, and customer data.

ℹ️ Check
a) Refer to the following reports produced by the RACF Data Collection: - SENSITVE.RPT(MQADMIN) b) For all alternate user resources (i.e., ssid.ALTERNATE.USER.alternateuserid) defined to the MQADMIN or MXADMIN resource class, ensure the following items are in effect: NOTE: ssid is the queue manager name (a.k.a., subsystem identifier). 1) Resource profiles are defined with a UACC(NONE). 2) Access authorization restricts access to users requiring the ability to use the alternate userid. This is difficult to determine. However, an item for concern may be a profile with * READ specified in the access list. c) If both of the items in (b) are true, there is no finding. d) If either item in (b) is untrue, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

a) Refer to the following reports produced by the RACF Data Collection: - SENSITVE.RPT(MQADMIN) b) For all alternate user resources (i.e., ssid.ALTERNATE.USER.alternateuserid) defined to the MQADMIN or MXADMIN resource class, ensure the following items are in effect: NOTE: ssid is the queue manager name (a.k.a., subsystem identifier). 1) Resource profiles are defined with a UACC(NONE). 2) Access authorization restricts access to users requiring the ability to use the alternate userid. This is difficult to determine. However, an item for concern may be a profile with * READ specified in the access list. c) If both of the items in (b) are true, there is no finding. d) If either item in (b) is untrue, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Alternate userid security allows access to be requested under another userid. Alternate userid security will be active, and all profiles ssid.ALTERNATE.USER.alternateuserid will be defined to the MQADMIN or MXADMIN class with UACC(NONE) specified. Restrict update access to those userids requiring access to alternate userids. For all alternate user resources (i.e., ssid.ALTERNATE.USER.alternateuserid) defined to the MQADMIN or MXADMIN resource class, ensure the following items are in effect: NOTE: ssid is the queue manager name (a.k.a., subsystem identifier). 1) Resource profiles are defined with a UACC(NONE). 2) Access authorization restricts access to users requiring the ability to use the alternate userid. This is difficult to determine. However, an item for concern may be a profile with * READ specified in the access list. A set of sample commands are provided below to implement the minimum profiles necessary for proper security. /* THE FOLLOWING PROFILE FORCES GRANULAR PROFILES DEFINITIONS / RDEF MQADMIN * UACC(NONE) OWNER(ADMIN) AUDIT(ALL(READ)) DATA('MQADMIN DENY-BY-DEFAULT PROFILE') RDEF MQADMIN <ssid>.ALTERNATE.USER.** UACC(NONE) OWNER(ADMIN) AUDIT(ALL(READ)) DATA('MQADMIN DENY-BY-DEFAULT for ALT USER PROFILE') The following is a sample of the commands required to allow payroll server (PAYSRV1) to specify alternate userids starting with the characters PS on queue manager (QM1): RDEFINE MQADMIN QMD1.ALTERNATE.USER.PS* UACC(NONE) AUDIT(ALL) PERMIT QMD1.ALTERNATE.USER.PS* CLASS(MQADMIN) ID(PAYSRV1) ACCESS(UPDATE) SETR RACL(MQADMIN) REF Note that an additional WebSphere MQ Refresh may be required for active queue managers. This is done from the CONSOLE: The example is for a queue manager named QMD1: >QMD1 REFRESH SECURITY(*)

✔️ Fix

Alternate userid security allows access to be requested under another userid. Alternate userid security will be active, and all profiles ssid.ALTERNATE.USER.alternateuserid will be defined to the MQADMIN or MXADMIN class with UACC(NONE) specified. Restrict update access to those userids requiring access to alternate userids. For all alternate user resources (i.e., ssid.ALTERNATE.USER.alternateuserid) defined to the MQADMIN or MXADMIN resource class, ensure the following items are in effect: NOTE: ssid is the queue manager name (a.k.a., subsystem identifier). 1) Resource profiles are defined with a UACC(NONE). 2) Access authorization restricts access to users requiring the ability to use the alternate userid. This is difficult to determine. However, an item for concern may be a profile with * READ specified in the access list. A set of sample commands are provided below to implement the minimum profiles necessary for proper security. /* THE FOLLOWING PROFILE FORCES GRANULAR PROFILES DEFINITIONS */ RDEF MQADMIN ** UACC(NONE) OWNER(ADMIN) AUDIT(ALL(READ)) DATA('MQADMIN DENY-BY-DEFAULT PROFILE') RDEF MQADMIN <ssid>.ALTERNATE.USER.** UACC(NONE) OWNER(ADMIN) AUDIT(ALL(READ)) DATA('MQADMIN DENY-BY-DEFAULT for ALT USER PROFILE') The following is a sample of the commands required to allow payroll server (PAYSRV1) to specify alternate userids starting with the characters PS on queue manager (QM1): RDEFINE MQADMIN QMD1.ALTERNATE.USER.PS* UACC(NONE) AUDIT(ALL) PERMIT QMD1.ALTERNATE.USER.PS* CLASS(MQADMIN) ID(PAYSRV1) ACCESS(UPDATE) SETR RACL(MQADMIN) REF Note that an additional WebSphere MQ Refresh may be required for active queue managers. This is done from the CONSOLE: The example is for a queue manager named QMD1: >QMD1 REFRESH SECURITY(*)