STIGUI
V-220145CAT II — Medium severitySV-220145r604135_rule

The router must not be configured to use IPv6 Site Local Unicast addresses.

Rule version SRG-NET-000512-RTR-000013 · STIG v5 · 2025-09-10

Discussion

As currently defined, site local addresses are ambiguous and can be present in multiple sites. The address itself does not contain any indication of the site to which it belongs. The use of site-local addresses has the potential to adversely affect network security through leaks, ambiguity, and potential misrouting as documented in section 2 of RFC3879. RFC3879 formally deprecates the IPv6 site-local unicast prefix FEC0::/10 as defined in RFC3513.

Check

Review the router configuration to ensure FEC0::/10 IP addresses are not defined.

If IPv6 Site Local Unicast addresses are defined, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the router using authorized IPv6 addresses.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-220145
Group title
SRG-NET-000512
Rule ID
SV-220145r604135_rule
Check ID
C-21860r457762_chk
Fix ID
F-21852r539651_fix