Enforce field ACLs for inbound query requests

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title: Enforce field ACLs for inbound query requests
description: Manage how incoming queries are validated on your instance.
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product: Instance Security Hardening Settings
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Enforce field ACLs for inbound query requests

Manage how incoming queries are validated on your instance.

Use the **glide.export.query.enforce\_field\_acl** property to control whether field-level ACLs are enforced on the fields referenced in an inbound query requests. When set to **true**, field ACLs are checked against fields used in the incoming query, and the query is rejected if the user is unauthorized to access those fields. When set to **false**, field ACLs are not checked on query conditions, and the query executes regardless of field-level access restrictions.

This property applies only to field ACL enforcement on query conditions. Setting this property to **false** does not affect whether users can read field values they are not otherwise authorized to view. Field-level read ACLs remain enforced regardless of this setting.

Set the property **glide.export.query.enforce\_field\_acl** to **true**.

## More information

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Attribute

</th><th>

Description

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Configuration name

</td><td>

**glide.export.query.enforce\_field\_acl**

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Configuration type

</td><td>

System Properties \(/sys\_properties\_list.do\)

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Data type

</td><td>

Boolean

</td></tr><tr><td>

Recommended value

</td><td>

true

</td></tr><tr><td>

Default value

</td><td>

true

</td></tr><tr><td>

Fallback value

</td><td>

false

</td></tr><tr><td>

Category

</td><td>

[Architecture, design, and threat modeling](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-architecture-design-threat-molding.md)

</td></tr><tr><td>

Security risk

</td><td>

-   Severity score: 4.4
-   CVSS score: Medium
-   Security risk details: This can result in information disclosure to unauthorized parties.

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Dependencies and prerequisites

</td><td>

None

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