Use the glide.basicauth.required.excel property to designate if incoming Excel requests should require basic authentication.

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Warning: This is a safe harbor property, meaning the value can't be altered once it's changed. It is non-revertible.
AttributeDescription
Property name glide.basicauth.required.excel
Configuration type System Properties (/sys_properties_list.do)
Category API and web service
Purpose To enforce basic authentication on Excel requests.
Recommended value true
Security risk rating 7.5
Functional impact This remediation enforces a combination of authentication methods, in the form of basic authentication and system level access control.
  • It performs this authentication while retrieving data from tables/pages in the form of Excel data on the instance.
  • It restricts any guest users who are currently accessing this data. If applicable, you may need to create a new account for users who need access to this content, with necessary access control permissions.
Security risk (High) Without appropriate authorization configured on the incoming Excel requests, an unauthorized user can get access to sensitive content/data on the target instance.

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