V-288263

Discussion

Application management functionality includes functions necessary for administration and requires privileged user access. Allowing nonprivileged users to access application management functionality capabilities increases the risk that nonprivileged users may obtain elevated privileges. The separation of user functionality from information system management functionality is either physical or logical and is accomplished by using different computers, different central processing units, different instances of the operating system, different network addresses, different TCP/UDP ports, virtualization techniques, combinations of these methods, or other methods, as appropriate. An example of this type of separation is observed in web administrative interfaces that use separate authentication methods for users of any other information system resources. This may include isolating the administrative interface on a different security domain and with additional access controls. This requirement pertains to Zero Trust.

Check Content

Review the application documentation and deployed configuration to determine whether user functionality (including user interface services) is separated from information system management functionality.

If the application's user functionality (including user interface services) is not separated from information system management functionality, this is a finding.