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V-273206CAT II — Medium severitySV-273206r1098885_rule

Okta must be configured to disable persistent global session cookies.

Rule version OKTA-APP-001710 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-31

Discussion

If cached authentication information is out of date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable.

Satisfies: SRG-APP-000400, SRG-APP-000157

Check

From the Admin Console: 1. Select Security >> Global Session Policy. 2. In the Default Policy, verify a rule is configured at Priority 1 that is not named "Default Rule". 3. Click the "Edit" icon next to the Priority 1 rule. 4. Verify "Okta global session cookies persist across browser sessions" is set to "Disabled".

If the above it not set, this is a finding.

Fix

From the Admin Console: 1. Go to Security >> Global Session Policy. 2. Select the Default Policy. 3. In the "Rules" table, make these updates: - Click "Add rule". - Set "Okta global session cookies persist across browser sessions" to Disable.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-273206
Group title
SRG-APP-000400
Rule ID
SV-273206r1098885_rule
Check ID
C-77297r1098883_chk
Fix ID
F-77202r1098884_fix