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Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Windows Server 2022 must be configured to audit DS Access - Directory Service Access failures.

    <VulnDiscussion>Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000327-GPOS-00127

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 domain controllers must have a PKI server certificate.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Domain controllers are part of the chain of trust for PKI authentications. Without the appropriate certificate, the authentic...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2022 domain Controller PKI certificates must be issued by the DoD PKI or an approved External Certificate Authority (ECA).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A PKI implementation depends on the practices established by the Certificate Authority (CA) to ensure the implementation is s...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000066-GPOS-00034

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 PKI certificates associated with user accounts must be issued by a DoD PKI or an approved External Certificate Authority (ECA).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A PKI implementation depends on the practices established by the Certificate Authority (CA) to ensure the implementation is s...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000105-GPOS-00052

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 Active Directory user accounts, including administrators, must be configured to require the use of a Common Access Card (CAC), Personal Identity Verification (PIV)-compliant hardware token, or Alternate Logon Token (ALT) for user authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Smart cards such as the CAC support a two-factor authentication technique. This provides a higher level of trust in the asser...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 domain controllers must require LDAP access signing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unsigned network traffic is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks, where an intruder captures packets between the server a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 domain controllers must be configured to allow reset of machine account passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling this setting on all domain controllers in a domain prevents domain members from changing their computer account pass...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 Access this computer from the network user right must only be assigned to the Administrators, Authenticated Users, and Enterprise Domain Controllers groups on domain controllers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2022 Add workstations to domain user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group on domain controllers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group on domain controllers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 Deny access to this computer from the network user right on domain controllers must be configured to prevent unauthenticated access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Deny acces...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 Deny log on as a batch job user right on domain controllers must be configured to prevent unauthenticated access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Deny log o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 Deny log on as a service user right must be configured to include no accounts or groups (blank) on domain controllers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Deny log o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 Deny log on locally user right on domain controllers must be configured to prevent unauthenticated access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Deny log o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000297-GPOS-00115

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    Group
  • SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031

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    Group
  • SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services user right on domain controllers must be configured to prevent unauthenticated access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Deny log o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group on domain controllers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Enable com...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • The password for the krbtgt account on a domain must be reset at least every 180 days.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The krbtgt account acts as a service account for the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service. The account and password...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 must only allow administrators responsible for the member server or standalone or nondomain-joined system to have Administrator rights on the system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An account that does not have Administrator duties must not have Administrator rights. Such rights would allow the account to...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 local administrator accounts must have their privileged token filtered to prevent elevated privileges from being used over the network on domain-joined member servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A compromised local administrator account can provide means for an attacker to move laterally between domain systems. With U...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 local users on domain-joined member servers must not be enumerated.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The username is one part of logon credentials that could be used to gain access to a system. Preventing the enumeration of us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2022 must restrict unauthenticated Remote Procedure Call (RPC) clients from connecting to the RPC server on domain-joined member servers and standalone or nondomain-joined systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthenticated RPC clients may allow anonymous access to sensitive information. Configuring RPC to restrict unauthenticated ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 must limit the caching of logon credentials to four or less on domain-joined member servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The default Windows configuration caches the last logon credentials for users who log on interactively to a system. This feat...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 must restrict remote calls to the Security Account Manager (SAM) to Administrators on domain-joined member servers and standalone or nondomain-joined systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Windows SAM stores users' passwords. Restricting Remote Procedure Call (RPC) connections to the SAM to Administrators hel...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 Access this computer from the network user right must only be assigned to the Administrators and Authenticated Users groups on domain-joined member servers and standalone or nondomain-joined systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 Deny access to this computer from the network user right on domain-joined member servers must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and local accounts and from unauthenticated access on all systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Deny acces...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2022 must be running Credential Guard on domain-joined member servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Credential Guard uses virtualization-based security to protect data that could be used in credential theft attacks if comprom...
    Rule High Severity

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