STIGUI
V-250325CAT II — Medium severitySV-250325r1265254_rule

The WebSphere Liberty Server must log remote session and security activity.

Rule version IBMW-LS-000040 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-10

Discussion

Security auditing must be configured in order to log remote session activity. Security auditing will not be performed unless the audit feature (audit-1.0) has been enabled. The security feature (appSecurity-2.0) must be enabled for the security auditing to capture security transactions. Remote session activity will then be logged, regardless of the user attempting that activity.

Satisfies: SRG-APP-000016-AS-000013, SRG-APP-000080-AS-000045, SRG-APP-000089-AS-000050, SRG-APP-000091-AS-000052, SRG-APP-000095-AS-000056, SRG-APP-000096-AS-000059, SRG-APP-000097-AS-000060, SRG-APP-000098-AS-000061, SRG-APP-000099-AS-000062, SRG-APP-000100-AS-000063, SRG-APP-000101-AS-000072, SRG-APP-000266-AS-000168, SRG-APP-000343-AS-000030, SRG-APP-000172-AS-000121

Check

Review the ${server.config.dir}/server.xml file and ensure audit-1.0 and appSecurity-2.0 are defined within the <featureManager> setting in the server.xml file.

If audit-1.0 and appSecurity-2.0 are not defined within the <featureManager> setting in the server.xml file, this is a finding.

EXAMPLE: <featureManager> <feature>audit-1.0</feature> <feature>appSecurity-3.0</feature> </featureManager>

Fix

To log remote access events, the featureManager setting in the ${server.config.dir}/server.xml must contain the audit and appSecurity features.

<featureManager> <feature>audit-1.0</feature> <feature>appSecurity-2.0</feature> </featureManager>

Identifiers

Group ID
V-250325
Group title
SRG-APP-000016-AS-000013
Rule ID
SV-250325r1265254_rule
Check ID
C-53760r1015249_chk
Fix ID
F-53714r1015239_fix