Adding clarification that sub-admin roles should not be able to change their own privileges #1450
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…e their own privileges (neo4j#1440) This was noticed in a recent internal pentest of RBAC. We need to clarify that it is necessary to explicitly deny the ability to change your own privileges if you copy the admin role (otherwise the new role is essentially unconstrained).
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Thanks for the documentation updates. The preview documentation has now been torn down - reopening this PR will republish it. |
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Cherry-picked from #1440
This was noticed in a recent internal pentest of RBAC.
We need to clarify that it is necessary to explicitly deny the ability to change your own privileges if you copy the admin role (otherwise the new role is essentially unconstrained).