The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not use Basic authentication.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Basic authentication uses plain text passwords that could be used to compromise a system.
- ID
- SV-253416r958510_rule
- Version
- WN11-CC-000330
- Severity
- High
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows Remote Management (WinRM) >> WinRM Client >> "Allow Basic authentication" to "Disabled".