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V-216978CAT II — Medium severitySV-216978r856655_rule

The router must not be configured to have any feature enabled that calls home to the vendor.

Rule version SRG-NET-000131-RTR-000083 · STIG v5 · 2025-09-10

Discussion

Call home services will routinely send data such as configuration and diagnostic information to the vendor for routine or emergency analysis and troubleshooting. There is a risk that transmission of sensitive data sent to unauthorized persons could result in data loss or downtime due to an attack.

Check

Verify the call home service is disabled on the device.

If a call home service is enabled, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the network device to disable the call home service or feature.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-216978
Group title
SRG-NET-000131
Rule ID
SV-216978r856655_rule
Check ID
C-18208r382640_chk
Fix ID
F-18206r382641_fix