The layer 2 switch must have IGMP or MLD Snooping configured on all VLANs

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
low	V-206662	SRG-NET-000512	SRG-NET-000512-L2S-000002	SV-206662r385561_rule	2025-03-05	3

Description
IGMP and MLD snooping provides a way to constrain multicast traffic at Layer 2. By monitoring the IGMP or MLD membership reports sent by hosts within a VLAN, the snooping application can set up Layer 2 multicast forwarding tables to deliver specific multicast traffic only to interfaces connected to hosts interested in receiving the traffic, thereby significantly reducing the volume of multicast traffic that would otherwise flood the VLAN.

Description

IGMP and MLD snooping provides a way to constrain multicast traffic at Layer 2. By monitoring the IGMP or MLD membership reports sent by hosts within a VLAN, the snooping application can set up Layer 2 multicast forwarding tables to deliver specific multicast traffic only to interfaces connected to hosts interested in receiving the traffic, thereby significantly reducing the volume of multicast traffic that would otherwise flood the VLAN.

ℹ️ Check
Review the switch configuration to verify that IGMP or MLD snooping has been configured for IPv4 and IPv6 multicast traffic respectively. If the switch is not configured to implement IGMP or MLD snooping for each VLAN, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure IGMP or MLD snooping for IPv4 and IPv6 multicast traffic respectively for each VLAN.