Rule version VCEM-80-000142 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-26
The default ROOT web application includes the version of Tomcat being used, links to Tomcat documentation, examples, FAQs, and mailing lists. The default ROOT web application must be removed from a publicly accessible instance and a more appropriate default page shown to users.
At the command prompt, run the following command:
# ls -l /var/opt/apache-tomcat/webapps/ROOT
If the ROOT web application contains any content, this is a finding.
At the command prompt, run the following command:
# rm -rf /var/opt/apache-tomcat/webapps/ROOT/*