IBM RACF must limit Write or greater access to libraries that contain PPT modules to system programmers only.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-223650 | RACF-ES-000020 | SV-223650r958472_rule | Low |
| Description |
| Specific PPT designated program modules possess significant security bypass capabilities. Unauthorized access could result in the compromise of the operating system environment, ACP, and customer data. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048, SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100, SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125 |
| STIG | Date |
| IBM z/OS RACF Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-06-24 |
Details
| Check Text (C-25323r514639_chk) |
| Review program entries in the IBM Program Properties Table (PPT). You may use a third-party product to examine these entries however, to determine program entries issue the following command from an ISPF command line: TSO ISRDDN LOAD IEFSDPPT Press Enter. For each module identified in the "eyecatcher" if all of the following are untrue, this is not a finding. If any of the following is true, this is a finding. -The ACP data set rules for libraries that contain PPT modules do not restrict WRITE or greater access to only z/OS systems programming personnel. -The ACP data set rules for libraries that contain PPT modules do not specify that all WRITE or greater access will be logged. |
| Fix Text (F-25311r514640_fix) |
| Configure the WRITE or greater access to libraries containing PPT modules to be limited to system programmers only and all WRITE or greater access is logged. |