STIGUI
V-224534CAT II — Medium severitySV-224534r1144980_rule

Product configuration/parameter values are not specified properly.

Rule version ZROSR040 · STIG v7 · 2025-09-27

Discussion

Product configuration/parameters control the security and operational characteristics of products. If these parameter values are improperly specified, security and operational controls may be weakened. This exposure may threaten the availability of the product applications, and compromise the confidentiality of customer data.

Check

Have the products system programmer display the configuration/parameters control statements used in the current running product to define or enable security. This information is located in the SYSIN DD statement in the JCL of the STC/Batch job.

Automated Analysis Refer to the following report produced by the z/OS Data Collection:

- PDI(ZROS0040).

If the following keywords specify the values in the ROSCOE configuration/parameter control member, this is not a finding.

Keyword Value EXTSEC RACF ACFEXT YES CLLEXT YES JOBEXT YES LIBEXT YES MONEXT YES PRVEXT YES RPFEXT YES UPSEXT YES

Fix

The product systems programmer will verify that any configuration/parameters required to control the security of the product are properly configured and syntactically correct.

See the required parameters below: Example

Keyword Value EXTSEC RACF ACFEXT YES CLLEXT YES JOBEXT YES LIBEXT YES MONEXT YES PRVEXT YES RPFEXT YES UPSEXT YES

Identifiers

Group ID
V-224534
Group title
SRG-OS-000018
Rule ID
SV-224534r1144980_rule
Check ID
C-26217r1144979_chk
Fix ID
F-26205r1070086_fix