STIGUI
V-223348CAT II — Medium severitySV-223348r961092_rule

Scripts associated with public folders must be prevented from execution in Outlook.

Rule version O365-OU-000003 · STIG v3 · 2026-02-12

Discussion

This policy setting controls whether Outlook executes scripts that are associated with custom forms or folder home pages for public folders.

Check

Verify the policy for Microsoft Outlook 2016 >> Outlook Options >> Other >> Advanced >> Do not allow Outlook object model scripts to run for public folders is set to "Enabled".

Use the Windows Registry to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\security

If the value for publicfolderscript is set to REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix

Set the policy for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Outlook 2016 >> Outlook Options >> Other >> Advanced >> Do not allow Outlook object model scripts to run for public folders to "Enabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223348
Group title
SRG-APP-000210
Rule ID
SV-223348r961092_rule
Check ID
C-25021r744256_chk
Fix ID
F-25009r442264_fix