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HTTPAPI Server version must be removed from the HTTP Response Header information.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-278953IIST-SI-000270SV-278953r1192787_ruleCCI-001312medium
Description
HTTP Response Headers contain information that could enable an attacker to gain access to an information system. Failure to prevent the sending of certain HTTP Response Header information to remote requesters exposes internal configuration information to potential attackers.
STIGDate
Microsoft IIS 10.0 Site Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-05-23

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 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.

TDA-19Error Handling
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (19) 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
AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions
1.00
AU-10Non-repudiation
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-14(1)System Start-up
1.00
AU-3Content of Audit Records
1.00
AU-3(1)Additional Audit Information
1.00
AU-9Protection of Audit Information
1.00
CM-3(5)Automated Security Response
1.00
CM-5(1)Automated Access Enforcement and Audit Records
1.00

+9 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001312
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-278953r1192787_chk)

Note: If the server is hosting WSUS, this is not applicable. Open Registry Editor. Navigate to "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\HTTP\Parameters". Verify "DisableServerHeader” is set to "1". If REG_DWORD DisableServerHeader is not set to "1", this is a finding. If the system administrator (SA) can show that Server Version information has been removed via other means, such as using a rewrite outbound rule, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-83392r1192786_fix)

Navigate to "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\HTTP\Parameters". Create REG_DWORD "DisableServerHeader” and set it to "1". Note: This can be performed multiple ways; this is an example.