STIGUI
V-251559CAT III — Low severitySV-251559r961167_rule

Firefox development tools must be disabled.

Rule version FFOX-00-000015 · STIG v6 · 2026-08-19

Discussion

Information needed by an attacker to begin looking for possible vulnerabilities in a web browser includes any information about the web browser and plug-ins or modules being used. When debugging or trace information is enabled in a production web browser, information about the web browser, such as web browser type, version, patches installed, plug-ins and modules installed, type of code being used by the hosted application, and any back ends being used for data storage may be displayed. Because this information may be placed in logs and general messages during normal operation of the web browser, an attacker does not have to cause an error condition to gain this information.

Check

Type "about:policies" in the browser window.

If "DisableDeveloperTools" is not displayed under Policy Name or the Policy Value is not "true", this is a finding.

Fix

Windows group policy: 1. Open the group policy editor tool with "gpedit.msc". 2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Mozilla\Firefox Policy Name: Disable Developer Tools Policy State: Enabled

macOS "plist" file: Add the following: <key>DisableDeveloperTools</key> <true/>

Linux "policies.json" file: Add the following in the policies section: "DisableDeveloperTools": true

Identifiers

Group ID
V-251559
Group title
SRG-APP-000266
Rule ID
SV-251559r961167_rule
Check ID
C-54994r807147_chk
Fix ID
F-54948r807148_fix