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The Cisco switch must not be configured to have any feature enabled that calls home to the vendor.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-221078CISC-RT-000080SV-221078r999687_ruleCCI-002403medium
Description
Call home services will routinely send data such as configuration and diagnostic information to the vendor for routine or emergency analysis and troubleshooting. There is a risk that transmission of sensitive data sent to unauthorized persons could result in data loss or downtime due to an attack.
STIGDate
Cisco NX OS Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-03-04

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) 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.

NET-03Boundary Protection
0.50
NET-04.1Deny Traffic by Default & Allow Traffic by Exception
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (8) 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.

CM-6Configuration Settings
1.00
SC-24Fail in Known State
1.00
SC-47Alternate Communications Paths
1.00
SC-5Denial-of-service Protection
1.00
SC-7Boundary Protection
1.00
SC-7(11)Restrict Incoming Communications Traffic
1.00
SC-7(29)Separate Subnets to Isolate Functions
1.00
SC-7(5)Deny by Default — Allow by Exception
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-002403
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-221078r999687_chk)

Review the switch configuration to determine if the call home service is enabled as shown in the example below: callhome contract-id CompanyXYZ customer-id CompanyXYZ email-contact netadmin@CompanyXYZ.com phone-contact +1-800-555-4567 enable If the call home feature is configured to call home to the vendor, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-22782r409724_fix)

Disable the call home feature as shown below: SW1(config)# callhome SW1(config-callhome)# no enable SW1(config-callhome)# end