STIGUI
V-223488CAT III — Low severitySV-223488r1268955_rule

ACF2 APPLDEF GSO record if used must have supporting documentation indicating the reason it was used.

Rule version ACF2-ES-000700 · STIG v9 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Failure to restrict network connectivity only to authorized systems permits inbound connections from malicious systems. It also permits outbound connections that may facilitate exfiltration of DoW data.

Check

From the ACF Command screen enter: SET CONTROL(GSO) LIST LIKE(APPLDEF-)

If the GSO APPLDEF record does not exist, this is not a finding.

If the GSO APPLDEF record does exist and no supporting documentation is available, this is a finding.

Fix

For any APPLDEF GSO record used, it must have supporting documentation indicating the reason it was used.

The APPLDEF record is optional.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223488
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-223488r1268955_rule
Check ID
C-25161r504570_chk
Fix ID
F-25149r504571_fix