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APPL-26-002008 - The macOS system must disable the built-in web server.

Information

The built-in web server managed by launchd is a nonessential service built into macOS and must be disabled and not running.

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:

/usr/sbin/apachectl stop 2>/dev/null
/bin/launchctl disable system/org.apache.httpd

The system may need a restart for the update to take effect.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_macOS_26_V1R4_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-277091r1268226_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-26-002008, Vuln-ID|V-277091

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 1201d86bd5023eb35927908ca2044afb6b64e0513cc9ff6252dfa8bfce664eb5