CVE-2023-31273

Implements a reliable, tamperproof protection mechanism whose completeness can be assured.

Policy requires training on privilege management and least privilege, making it harder to exploit improper privilege management weaknesses.

The control mandates review of privilege assignments to ensure they are appropriate and minimal.

Reviewing changes for security impacts prevents introduction of improper privilege assignments or escalations.

Baseline tailoring enforces organization-specific privilege-management decisions rather than accepting generic high-water-mark settings.

The documented concept of operations forces organizations to specify how privileges will be assigned, used, and reviewed, directly limiting improper privilege management in day-to-day operations.

Centralized privilege assignment and oversight prevent ad-hoc or excessive privilege grants that occur when each system is configured independently.

Dedicated senior leadership with resources directly enables consistent organization-wide privilege management and enforcement of least privilege.

PR.AA-01 supplies credential/identity lifecycle support that can reduce some privilege-assignment errors but does not itself assign, modify, or check privileges, leaving most of CWE-269's risk unaddressed.

Explicit restrictions on privileged access and segregation of duties limit the scope of privileges that can be assigned, reducing the chance that excessive or unnecessary privileges are granted to entities.

Defining and communicating authorization levels for each role limits the assignment of excessive or unnecessary privileges.

Separating duties such as developing software from administering production systems prevents any one person from accumulating excessive privileges that would constitute improper privilege management.