STIGUI
V-218761CAT II — Medium severitySV-218761r1264087_rule

Debugging and trace information used to diagnose the IIS 10.0 website must be disabled.

Rule version IIST-SI-000234 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-26

Discussion

Setting compilation debug to false ensures detailed error information does not inadvertently display during live application usage, mitigating the risk of application information being displayed to users.

Check

Note: If the server being reviewed is hosting SharePoint, this is Not Applicable. Note: If the ".NET feature" is not installed, this check is Not Applicable. Note: If the server is hosting Office Online Server (OOS), this is Not Applicable.

Follow the procedures below for each site hosted on the IIS 10.0 web server:

Open the IIS 10.0 Manager.

Click the site name under review.

Double-click ".NET Compilation".

Scroll down to the "Behavior" section and verify the value for "Debug" is set to "False".

If the "Debug" value is not set to "False", this is a finding.

Fix

Follow the procedures below for each site hosted on the IIS 10.0 web server:

Open the IIS 10.0 Manager.

Click the site name under review.

Double-click ".NET Compilation".

Scroll down to the "Behavior" section and set the value for "Debug" to "False".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-218761
Group title
SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000160
Rule ID
SV-218761r1264087_rule
Check ID
C-20234r1264086_chk
Fix ID
F-20232r311182_fix