STIGUI
V-223997CAT II — Medium severitySV-223997r958478_rule

Duplicated IBM z/OS sensitive utilities and/or programs must not exist in APF libraries.

Rule version TSS0-OS-000010 · STIG v9 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Removal of unneeded or non-secure functions, ports, protocols, and services mitigate the risk of unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or other exploitation of these resources.

Check

From an ISPF Command line enter: TSO ISRDDN APF

An APF List results. On the Command line enter: DUPlicates (Make sure there is appropriate access. If there is not, you may receive insufficient access errors.)

If any of the list of Sensitive Utilities exist in the duplicate APF modules returned, this is a finding.

The following list contains Sensitive Utilities that will be checked.

AHLGTF AMASPZAP AMAZAP AMDIOCP AMZIOCP BLSROPTR CSQJU003 CSQJU004 CSQUCVX CSQUTIL CSQ1LOGP DEBE DITTO FDRZAPOP GIMSMP HHLGTF ICKDSF ICPIOCP IDCSC01 IEHINITT IFASMFDP IGWSPZAP IHLGTF IMASPZAP IND$FILE IOPIOCP IXPIOCP IYPIOCP IZPIOCP WHOIS L052INIT TMSCOPY TMSFORMT TMSLBLPR TMSMULV TMSREMOV TMSTPNIT TMSUDSNB

Fix

Review and ensure that duplicate sensitive utility(ies) and/or program(s) do not exist in APF-authorized libraries. Identify all versions of the sensitive utilities contained in APF-authorized libraries listed in the above check. In cases where duplicates exist, ensure no exposure has been created and written justification has been filed with the ISSO.

Comparisons among all the APF libraries will be done to ensure that an exposure is not created by the existence of identically named modules. Address any sensitive utility concerns so that the function can be restricted as required.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223997
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-223997r958478_rule
Check ID
C-25670r516390_chk
Fix ID
F-25658r516391_fix