The web server must not be a proxy server.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-206376 | SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000076 | SV-206376r960963_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| A web server should be primarily a web server or a proxy server but not both, for the same reasons that other multi-use servers are not recommended. Scanning for web servers that will also proxy requests into an otherwise protected network is a very common attack making the attack anonymous. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Web Server Security Requirements Guide | 2025-02-12 | |||
Related Frameworks
3 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-7
1.00
- DISA · 4 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1711 mapping
3.4.6
1.00
- DISA · 4 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000381
1.00
- DISA · 4 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-206376r960963_chk)
Review the web server documentation and deployed configuration to determine if the web server is also a proxy server.
If the web server is also acting as a proxy server, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-6637r377721_fix)
Uninstall any proxy services, modules, and libraries that are used by the web server to act as a proxy server.
Verify all configuration changes are made to assure the web server is no longer acting as a proxy server in any manner.