Windows Server 2022 must disable Basic authentication for RSS feeds over HTTP.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Basic authentication uses plain-text passwords that could be used to compromise a system. Disabling Basic authentication will reduce this potential.
- ID
- SV-254371r958478_rule
- Version
- WN22-CC-000400
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
The default behavior is for the Windows RSS platform to not use Basic authentication over HTTP connections.
If this needs to be corrected, configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> RSS Feeds >> Turn on Basic feed authentication over HTTP to "Not Configured" or "Disabled".