bcquality/microsoft/knowledge/security/follow-least-privilege-in-permission-sets.md
Jesper Schulz-Wedde 9a4198eb28 Add [all] sentinel to bc-version; apply to version-agnostic knowledge
Most of the corpus — FindSet/SetLoadFields/CalcFields patterns, permission
sets, SingleInstance codeunits, DataClassification, IsolatedStorage,
transaction scope, SecretText — describes BC platform behaviour that is
identical across supported versions. The seed [26..28] range on every
file implied a version-specificity the content does not actually have,
and there was no way to express "applies to every version" in the
schema the way [w1] and [all] already do for countries and
application-area.

Extend the v1 schema with a universal sentinel for bc-version, parallel
to the sentinels already defined for the other dimensions:

  bc-version: [all]         # applies to every BC version

[all] is mutually exclusive with explicit versions. Range shorthand
([26..28]) and explicit lists ([26, 27, 28]) continue to work for files
genuinely tied to a version-gated API or deprecation.

Update read.md (field definition, matching semantics, partial-context
rule), write.md (default to [all], use ranges only with a concrete
reason), README.md (frontmatter example), and the CI validator. All
forty existing knowledge files and the three action skills convert to
[all]; none of the current content is version-gated. Validator passes.
2026-04-23 16:00:03 +02:00

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---
bc-version: [all]
domain: security
keywords: [permissionset, least-privilege, rimd, tabledata]
technologies: [al]
countries: [w1]
application-area: [all]
---
# Follow least privilege in permission sets
> **Seed article.** Converted from an existing security-review prompt to bootstrap the BCQuality security corpus. Domain stewards should expand, restructure, and refine as needed.
## Description
Permission sets define the tabledata and object rights granted to every user or role assigned to them. A permission set that grants RIMD on tabledata * hands every caller full control over every table the extension exposes, which is never the shape of access any real role requires. Over-broad permission sets are a persistent source of privilege-escalation risk: once assigned, they are rarely audited.
## Best Practice
Enumerate the specific tabledata objects a role needs and grant only the letters (R, I, M, D) that role genuinely uses. A sales order-entry role typically needs RIM on Sales Header, RIMD on Sales Line, and R on Customer — not blanket RIMD. Permission sets SHOULD be granular and role-shaped; a single permission set that covers every role in an extension is a design smell.
See sample: `follow-least-privilege-in-permission-sets.good.al`.
## Anti Pattern
Granting `tabledata * = RIMD` (or any wildcard with I, M, or D) in a permission set. This bypasses any meaningful separation of duties the extension could enforce and gives unreviewed code paths the ability to insert, modify, and delete on any table.
See sample: `follow-least-privilege-in-permission-sets.bad.al`.