Enable scoped admin application ACLs

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The glide.security.scoped_administration.honor_global_acl determines whether an application administration app can inherit global access control list (ACL) rules.

The glide.security.scoped_administration.honor_global_acl system property determines whether an application administration apps can inherit global access control list (ACL) rules. Useful when there are no scoped admin application ACLs defined for the record scope.

Ensure that the property glide.security.scoped_administration.honor_global_acl is set to true.

More information

Attribute	Description
Configuration name	glide.security.scoped_administration.honor_global_acl
Configuration type	System Properties (/sys_properties_list.do)
Data type	Boolean
Recommended value	true
Default value	<none>
Fallback value	false
Category	Access control
Security risk	Severity score: 3.8 CVSS rating: Low Security risk details: Low privilege users with permissions to the application could potentially access sensitive records.
Functional impact	None
Dependencies and prerequisites	None

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title: Enable scoped admin application ACLs
description: The glide.security.scoped\_administration.honor\_global\_acl determines whether an application administration app can inherit global access control list \(ACL\) rules.
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product: Instance Security Hardening Settings
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Enable scoped admin application ACLs

The **glide.security.scoped\_administration.honor\_global\_acl** determines whether an application administration app can inherit global access control list \(ACL\) rules.

The **glide.security.scoped\_administration.honor\_global\_acl** system property determines whether an application administration apps can inherit global access control list \(ACL\) rules. Useful when there are no scoped admin application ACLs defined for the record scope.

Ensure that the property **glide.security.scoped\_administration.honor\_global\_acl** is set to **true**.

## More information

<table id="table_ajc_b43_3kb"><thead><tr><th>

Attribute

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Configuration name

</td><td>

**glide.security.scoped\_administration.honor\_global\_acl**

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

Configuration type

</td><td>

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

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

Data type

</td><td>

Boolean

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

Recommended value

</td><td>

true

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

Default value

</td><td>

&lt;none&gt;

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

Fallback value

</td><td>

false

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

Category

</td><td>

[Access control](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-access-control.md)

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

Security risk

</td><td>

-   Severity score: 3.8
-   CVSS rating: Low
-   Security risk details:

Low privilege users with permissions to the application could potentially access sensitive records.


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

Functional impact

</td><td>

None

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

Dependencies and prerequisites

</td><td>

None

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