The WebSphere Application Server security cookies must be set to HTTPOnly.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-255832	WBSP-AS-000190	SV-255832r960762_rule	CCI-001453	medium
Description
Web applications use cookies to track users across requests. These cookies, while typically not sensitive in themselves, connect you to your existing state on the back end system. If an intruder were to capture one of your cookies, they could potentially use the cookie to act as you. Important Web traffic should be encrypted using SSL. This includes important cookies. In the case of WebSphere Application Server, the most important cookie is the LTPA cookie, and therefore it should be configured to be sent only over SSL.
STIG			Date
IBM WebSphere Traditional V9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide			2026-02-26

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.

NET-14.2Protection of Confidentiality / Integrity Using Encryption

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2equal to

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (31) 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.

AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-3Access Enforcement

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-6Configuration Settings

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-7Least Functionality

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

IA-2(8)Access to Accounts — Replay Resistant

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

IA-2(9)Network Access to Non-privileged Accounts — Replay Resistant

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

IA-3Device Identification and Authentication

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

IA-3(1)Cryptographic Bidirectional Authentication

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

IA-5(1)Password-based Authentication

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

+21 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 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.

3.1.13

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2, Appendix DRev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021)equal to(normalised)

CCI1 mapping

CCI-001453

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-255832r960762_chk)

From the administrative console, navigate to Security >> Global Security. Expand "Web and SIP security". Click on "Single sign-on (SSO)". If "Set security cookies to HTTPOnly" is not selected, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-59448r876786_fix)

From the administrative console, navigate to Security >> Global Security. Expand "Web and SIP security". Select "Set security cookies to HTTPOnly". Click "OK". Click "Save". Restart the DMGR and all the JVMs.