CVE-2023-25014

Requiring identification and rationale for actions allowed without authentication ensures critical functions are not left unprotected by forcing review of authentication requirements.

Authorizing mobile device connections to organizational systems ensures authentication is performed for this critical access function.

Always invoking the reference monitor prevents missing authorization checks for protected resources.

Auditing sessions makes it possible to detect access to critical functions without required authentication.

The assessment process confirms authentication is present and effective for critical functions, preventing exploitation from missing authentication.

Certification assesses that critical functions have required authentication controls in place.

Requiring authorization servers ensures authorization is performed for protected functions.

Tailoring determines which functions require authentication and selects the appropriate baseline or compensating authentication controls.

Managing identities and credentials is a prerequisite for authentication but does not itself enforce it on critical functions.

Directly requires authentication of users/services/hardware, which eliminates missing authentication for critical functions.

Defining and enforcing authorizations assumes prior authentication and therefore only partially mitigates the absence of authentication.

Protecting networks from unauthorized access can be undermined by missing authentication but does not address the root authentication gap.

By requiring competent outsiders to verify that every function enforces the need-to-know principle, the control lowers the likelihood that missing authorization checks persist undetected.

Mandating authentication requirements for critical functions at the requirements-gathering stage ensures that essential operations are not left unprotected by missing login or verification mechanisms.