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V-253407CAT II — Medium severitySV-253407r1268251_rule

Attachments must be prevented from being downloaded from RSS feeds.

Rule version WN11-CC-000295 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

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-253407
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-253407r1268251_rule
Check ID
C-56860r829303_chk
Fix ID
F-56810r829304_fix