| V-256944 | | All Automation Controller NGINX front-end web server files must be verified for their integrity (e.g., checksums and hashes) before becoming part of the production web server. | Being able to verify that a patch, upgrade, certificate, etc., being added to the web server is unchanged from the producer of the file is essential f... |
| V-256963 | | The Automation Controller NGINX web server must employ cryptographic mechanisms (TLS/DTLS/SSL) to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of information during transmission. | Preventing the disclosure of transmitted information requires that the Automation Controller web server take measures to employ some form of cryptogra... |
| V-256940 | | The Automation Controller web server must manage sessions. | Session management on client and server is required to protect identity and authorization information.
Sessions for the Automation Controller web ser... |
| V-256941 | | The Automation Controller servers must use encrypted communication for all channels given the high impact of those services to an organization's infrastructure. | The Automation Controller communicates information about configuration of other information systems through its web interface and API, storing records... |
| V-256942 | | The Automation Controller NGINX web server must use cryptography on all remote connections. | Nondisplayed data on a web page may expose information that could put the organization at risk and negatively affect data integrity.
Automation Contr... |
| V-256943 | | The Automation Controller must generate the appropriate log records. | Automation Controller's web server must log all details related to user sessions in support of troubleshooting, debugging, and forensic analysis.
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| V-256945 | | Expansion modules must be fully reviewed, tested, and signed before they can exist on a production Automation Controller NGINX front-end web server. | In the case of a production web server, areas for content development and testing will not exist, as this type of content is only permissible on a dev... |
| V-256946 | | All Automation Controller NGINX front-end web servers must not perform user management for hosted applications. | Web servers require enterprise-wide user management capability in order to prevent unauthorized access, with features like attempt lockouts and passwo... |
| V-256947 | | All Automation Controller NGINX web servers must not be a proxy server for any process other than the Automation Controller application. | The Automation Controller NGINX web server must be primarily a web server or a proxy server but not both, for the same reasons that other multi-use se... |
| V-256948 | | All Automation Controller NGINX webserver accounts not utilized by installed features (i.e., tools, utilities, specific services, etc.) must not be created and must be deleted when the web server feature is uninstalled. | If web server accounts are not being used, they must be deleted when the web server is uninstalled. This is because the accounts become stale over tim... |
| V-256949 | | All Automation Controller NGINX web servers must have Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) that invoke OS shell programs disabled. | Controlling what a user of a hosted application can access is part of the security posture of the Automation Controller NGINX web server.
Any time a ... |
| V-256950 | | All Automation Controller NGINX web servers must have Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) disabled. | Automation Controller NGINX web servers can be installed with functionality that, just by its nature, is not secure. Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV... |
| V-256952 | | All Automation Controller NGINX web servers must be configured to use a specified IP address and port. | From a security perspective, it is important that all Automation Controller NGINX web servers are configured to use a specified IP address and port be... |
| V-256953 | | Only authenticated system administrators or the designated PKI Sponsor for an Automation Controller NGINX web server must have access to any Automation Controller NGINX web server's private key. | Each Automation Controller NGINX web server's private key is used to prove the identity of the server to clients and securely exchange the shared secr... |
| V-256954 | | All Automation Controller NGINX web server accounts accessing the directory tree, the shell, or other operating system functions and utilities must only be administrative accounts. | AIT is important to limit access to Automation Controller nginx web servers and provide access on a need-to-know basis. For example, only System Admin... |
| V-256955 | | Cookies exchanged between any Automation Controller NGINX web server and any client, such as session cookies, must have security settings that disallow cookie access outside the originating Automation Controller NGINX web server and hosted application. | It is important that cookies exchanged between any Automation Controller NGINX webserver and any client have security settings that do not allow cooki... |
| V-256956 | | The Automation Controller NGINX web server document directory must be in a separate partition from the web server's system files. | It is important that Automation Controller NGINX web server restricts the ability of clients to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against other i... |
| V-256957 | | The Automation Controller NGINX web server must limit the character set used for data entry. | It is important that Automation Controller NGINX web server limit the character set used for data entry and disallow Unicode use in hosted application... |
| V-256958 | | The Automation Controller NGINX web server must display a default hosted application web page, not a directory listing, when a requested web page cannot be found. | It is important that Automation Controller NGINX web server display a default hosted application web paged and not a directory listing when a requeste... |
| V-256959 | | Debugging and trace information, within Automation Controller NGINX web server, used to diagnose the web server must be disabled. | It is important that Automation Controller NGINX web server debugging and trace information used to diagnose the web server is disabled, because debug... |
| V-256960 | | Nonprivileged accounts on the hosting system must only access Automation Controller NGINX web server security-relevant information and functions through a distinct administrative account. | It is important that Automation Controller NGINX web server security features are separated from nonprivileged users. Special “privileged” roles need ... |
| V-256961 | | The Automation Controller NGINX web server application, libraries, and configuration files must only be accessible to privileged users. | Automation Controller NGINX web servers can be modified through parameter modification, patch installation, upgrades to the web server or modules, and... |
| V-256962 | | The Automation Controller NGINX web server must be protected from being stopped by a nonprivileged user. | An attacker has at least two reasons to stop an Automation Controller NGINX web server. The first is to cause a DoS, and the second is to put in place... |
| V-256964 | | Automation Controller NGINX web servers must maintain the confidentiality of controlled information during transmission through the use of an approved TLS version. | Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a required transmission protocol for a web server hosting controlled information. The use of TLS provides confidenti... |
| V-256965 | | The Automation Controller NGINX web servers must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during preparation for transmission. | Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during preparation for transmission, including, for example, during agg... |
| V-256966 | | Automation Controller NGINX web servers must install security-relevant software updates within the configured time period directed by an authoritative source (e.g., IAVM, CTOs, DTMs, and STIGs). | Security flaws with software applications are discovered daily. Red Hat constantly updates and patches Automation Controller to address newly discover... |
| V-256967 | | All accounts installed with the Automation Controller NGINX web server's software and tools must have passwords assigned and default passwords changed. | During installation of the Automation Controller NGINX web server software, accounts are created for the web server to operate properly. The accounts ... |
| V-256951 | | All Automation Controller NGINX web servers must protect system resources and privileged operations from hosted applications. | Automation Controller NGINX web servers may host too many applications. Each application will need certain system resources and privileged operations ... |
