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V-220802CAT II — Medium severitySV-220802r991589_rule

Insecure logons to an SMB server must be disabled.

Rule version WN10-CC-000040 · STIG v3 · 2025-09-24

Discussion

Insecure guest logons allow unauthenticated access to shared folders. Shared resources on a system must require authentication to establish proper access.

Check

Windows 10 v1507 LTSB version does not include this setting; it is NA for those systems.

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding.

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LanmanWorkstation\

Value Name: AllowInsecureGuestAuth

Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000000 (0)

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Network >> Lanman Workstation >> "Enable insecure guest logons" to "Disabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-220802
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-220802r991589_rule
Check ID
C-22517r554891_chk
Fix ID
F-22506r554892_fix