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Firefox must have the DOD root certificates installed.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-251560FFOX-00-000016SV-251560r1067559_ruleCCI-000185medium
Description
The DOD root certificates will ensure that the trust chain is established for server certificates issued from the DOD Certificate Authority (CA).
STIGDate
Mozilla Firefox Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-11-25

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.

IAC-10.2PKI-Based Authentication
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (53) 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-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-4(17)Domain Authentication
1.00

+43 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-000185
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-251560r1067559_chk)

Type "about:preferences#privacy" in the browser window. Scroll down to the bottom and select "View Certificates...". In the Certificate Manager window, select the "Authorities" tab. Scroll through the Certificate Name list to the U.S. Government heading. Look for the entries for DOD Root CA 3, DOD Root CA 4, and DOD Root CA 5. If there are entries for DOD Root CA 3, DOD Root CA 4, and DOD Root CA 5, select them individually. Click "View". Verify the issuer name is "US Government". If there are no entries for the appropriate DOD root certificates, this is a finding. If other AO-approved certificates are used, this is not a finding. If SIPRNet-specific certificates are used, this is not a finding. Note: In a Windows environment, use of policy setting "security.enterprise_roots.enabled=true" will point Firefox to the Windows Trusted Root Certification Authority Store. This is not a finding. It can also be set via the policy Certificates >> ImportEnterpriseRoots, which can be verified via "about:policies".

Fix Text (F-54949r1067558_fix)

Install the DOD root certificates. Other AO-approved certificates may also be used. Certificates designed for SIPRNet may be used as appropriate. On Windows, import certificates from the operating system by using Certificates >> Import Enterprise Roots (Certificates) via policy or Group Policy Object (GPO).