The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not use Basic authentication.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Basic authentication uses plain-text passwords that could be used to compromise a system. Disabling Basic authentication will reduce this potential.
- ID
- SV-224961r958510_rule
- Version
- WN16-CC-000530
- 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 Service >> "Allow Basic authentication" to "Disabled".