The Apache web server must set an inactive timeout for sessions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-214296	AS24-U2-000660	SV-214296r1043182_rule	CCI-002391	medium
Description
Leaving sessions open indefinitely is a major security risk. An attacker can easily use an already authenticated session to access the hosted application as the previously authenticated user. By closing sessions after a set period of inactivity, the Apache web server can make certain that those sessions that are not closed through the user logging out of an application are eventually closed. Acceptable values are 5 minutes for high-value applications, 10 minutes for medium-value applications, and 20 minutes for low-value applications.
STIG			Date
Apache Server 2.4 UNIX Site Security Technical Implementation Guide			2025-02-12

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks

SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CAP-01Capacity & Performance Management

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R6intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

SC-5(3)Detection and Monitoring

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R6intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CCI1 mapping

CCI-002391

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R6intersects(normalised)

NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 4 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

PR.IR-04

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R6intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects
NIST OLIR Informative ReferenceOLIR 153 (2025-04-07)intersects(normalised)SCF Focal Document mapping (catalog)SCF 2026.2 focalintersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-214296r1043182_chk)

In a command line, run "httpd -M | grep -i Reqtimeout_module". If the "Reqtimeout_module" is not enabled, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-15507r881508_fix)

Determine the location of the "HTTPD_ROOT" directory and the "httpd.conf" file: # apachectl -V | egrep -i 'httpd_root|server_config_file' -D HTTPD_ROOT="/etc/httpd" -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf" Load the "Reqtimeout_module". Set the "RequestReadTimeout" directive.