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V-220853CAT II — Medium severitySV-220853r991589_rule

Attachments must be prevented from being downloaded from RSS feeds.

Rule version WN10-CC-000295 · STIG v3 · 2025-09-24

Discussion

Attachments from RSS feeds may not be secure. This setting will prevent attachments from being downloaded from RSS feeds.

Check

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Feeds\

Value Name: DisableEnclosureDownload

Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> RSS Feeds >> "Prevent downloading of enclosures" to "Enabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-220853
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-220853r991589_rule
Check ID
C-22568r555044_chk
Fix ID
F-22557r555045_fix