Can granting access to audit trail information allow a user to see changes to instances they usually cannot access?

Granting access to audit trail information does indeed allow a user to view changes made to instances that they may not typically have permission to access. The audit trail records various actions and changes across the system, including who made specific changes, what those changes were, and when they occurred.

This feature is particularly important for maintaining transparency and accountability in an organization. By accessing the audit trail, users can track modifications and understand the context of changes across different instances of data, even if those instances are restricted due to security permissions. Thus, even if a user does not have direct access to certain data or instances, they can still gain insights about what has occurred regarding those instances through the audit trail.

In this way, granting such access can potentially expose sensitive actions or modifications that the user wouldn't normally be privy to, emphasizing the need for careful management of audit trail permissions in any security framework.