STIGUI
V-255839CAT II — Medium severitySV-255839r1265310_rule

The WebSphere Application Server management interface must retain the Standard Mandatory DoW Notice and Consent Banner on the screen until users acknowledge the usage conditions and take explicit actions to log on for further access.

Rule version WBSP-AS-000320 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-27

Discussion

To establish acceptance of system usage policy, a click-through banner at the application server management interface logon is required. The banner shall prevent further activity on the application server unless and until the user executes a positive action to manifest agreement by clicking on a box indicating "OK".

Check

Point browser to the URL of the WebSphere administration console.

If the Standard Mandatory DoW Notice and Consent Banner is not retained until the user acknowledges the usage conditions, this is a finding.

Fix

Open the file ${WAS_HOME}/properties/login.info.

Follow the instructions in the HTML comment section to create the pre-logon banner.

Enter the Standard DoW Mandatory Notice and Consent banner into the HTML section.

If logged on to the admin console, log out and log back on to validate the changes.

Restart the DMGR and all the JVMs.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-255839
Group title
SRG-APP-000069-AS-000036
Rule ID
SV-255839r1265310_rule
Check ID
C-59512r1265308_chk
Fix ID
F-59455r1265309_fix