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V-205873CAT II — Medium severitySV-205873r991589_rule

Windows Server 2019 must prevent attachments from being downloaded from RSS feeds.

Rule version WN19-CC-000390 · STIG v3 · 2026-02-12

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

Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000001 (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-205873
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-205873r991589_rule
Check ID
C-6138r355981_chk
Fix ID
F-6138r355982_fix