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V-218808CAT II — Medium severitySV-218808r961158_rule

Directory Browsing on the IIS 10.0 web server must be disabled.

Rule version IIST-SV-000138 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-26

Discussion

Directory browsing allows the contents of a directory to be displayed upon request from a web client. If directory browsing is enabled for a directory in IIS, users could receive a web page listing the contents of the directory. If directory browsing is enabled, the risk of inadvertently disclosing sensitive content is increased.

Check

Open the IIS 10.0 Manager.

Click the IIS 10.0 web server name.

Double-click the "Directory Browsing" icon.

Under the “Actions” pane verify "Directory Browsing" is disabled.

If “Directory Browsing” is not disabled, this is a finding.

Fix

Open the IIS 10.0 Manager.

Click the IIS 10.0 web server name.

Double-click the "Directory Browsing" icon.

Under the "Actions" pane click "Disabled".

Under the "Actions" pane, click "Apply".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-218808
Group title
SRG-APP-000251-WSR-000157
Rule ID
SV-218808r961158_rule
Check ID
C-20280r310899_chk
Fix ID
F-20278r310900_fix