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vetkit.apache.http.trace-enabled

Apache explicitly enables the HTTP TRACE method (TraceEnable on), which echoes request headers (including cookies) back to the client.

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Apache explicitly enables the HTTP TRACE method (TraceEnable on), which echoes request headers (including cookies) back to the client.

Category: SECURITY · Engine rule severity: INFO

How to fix it

Set TraceEnable off.

References

Source: packages/engine/rules/sast/config.yml.

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