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1.65 APPL-15-002008

Information

The macOS system must disable the built-in web server.

GROUP ID: V-268484
RULE ID: SV-268484r1034392

The built-in web server is a nonessential service built into macOS and must be disabled.

NOTE: The built-in web server is disabled at startup by default with macOS.

Solution

Configure the macOS system to disable the built-in web server with the following command:

/bin/launchctl disable system/org.apache.httpd

The system may need to be restarted for the update to take effect.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23761

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-268484r1034392_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-15-002008, Vuln-ID|V-268484

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2609c9778e472f6c60415d38d2178fe7dcdcc548357656b61f7258f5ca3c9dc8