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V-270532

CAT II (Medium)

Application role permissions must not be assigned to the Oracle PUBLIC role.

Rule ID

SV-270532r1064874_rule

STIG

Oracle Database 19c Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R5

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

Permissions granted to PUBLIC are granted to all users of the database. Custom roles must be used to assign application permissions to functional groups of application users. The installation of Oracle does not assign role permissions to PUBLIC.

Check Content

From SQL*Plus:

select granted_role from dba_role_privs where grantee = 'PUBLIC';

If any roles are listed, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Revoke role grants from PUBLIC.

Do not assign role privileges to PUBLIC.

From SQL*Plus:

revoke [role name] from PUBLIC;