The macOS system must disable the built-in web server.

STIG ID: APPL-14-002008  |  SRG: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048 | Severity: medium |  CCI: CCI-000213

Vulnerability Discussion

The built-in web server is a nonessential service built into macOS and
must be disabled.

Note: The built in web server service is disabled at startup by default macOS.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable the built-in web server with the
following command:

/bin/launchctl print-disabled system | /usr/bin/grep -c '"org.apache.httpd" => disabled'

If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable the built-in web server with the
following command:

/bin/launchctl disable system/org.apache.httpd

The system may need to be restarted for the update to take effect.