Property reference

glide.http.headers_config.enabled

The glide.http.headers_config.enabled property enables the configuration of HTTP response headers in ServiceNow. Setting this property to true helps mitigate security risks such as cookie/session hijacking and XSS vulnerabilities by ensuring that defined security headers are applied.

Default
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Application
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Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do? This property determines whether HTTP response header configurations are utilized, impacting security measures against various web vulnerabilities.
What area does it affect? Security and session management
What does the default mean? No default value is stated in the ServiceNow documentation.
When should you review it? Review this property when configuring security settings or addressing potential vulnerabilities in web applications.

Property record

Facts stated in the ServiceNow documentation. No out of the box record has been read from an instance yet.

Property name glide.http.headers_config.enabled
Type Not stated
Application Not stated
Default value Not stated
Description Not stated

Sources

Official references and nearby text excerpts where this property appears.

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... enabling broader lateral movement within the system. Enable HTTP response headers configuration Description • (Old‎ Reduce the risk of cookie/ session-related hijacking of web apps using a system property. If glide.http.headers_config.enabled isn't set to true, then response header configurations defined in the HTTP © 2026 ServiceNow, Inc. All rights reserved. ServiceNow, the ServiceNow logo, Now, and other ServiceNow marks are trademarks ...
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... may potentially or accidentally override it when you use custom name-value pairs in the resulting URLs. • If you want to entirely disable HTTP response header configuration functions, set the glide.http.headers_config.enabled property to false. • Once you set it to false, ServiceNow AI Platform does not use any of the header configurations you defined in the sys_response_header table. Special handling of ...

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