JBoss process owner interactive access must be restricted.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-213518	JBOS-AS-000220	SV-213518r960963_rule		High

Description

JBoss does not require admin rights to operate and should be run as a regular user. In addition, if the user account was to be compromised and the account was allowed interactive logon rights, this would increase the risk and attack surface against the JBoss system. The right to interactively log on to the system using the JBoss account should be limited according to the OS capabilities.

STIG	Date
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2025-02-20

Details

Check Text (C-14741r296220_chk)

Identify the user account used to run the JBoss server. Use relevant OS commands to determine logon rights to the system. This account should not have full shell/interactive access to the system.

If the user account used to operate JBoss can log on interactively, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-14739r296221_fix)

Use the relevant OS commands to restrict JBoss user account from interactively logging on to the console of the JBoss system.

For Windows systems, use GPO.

For UNIX like systems using ssh DenyUsers <account id> or follow established procedure for restricting access.