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V-220827CAT I — High severitySV-220827r958804_rule

Autoplay must be turned off for non-volume devices.

Rule version WN10-CC-000180 · STIG v3 · 2025-09-24

Discussion

Allowing autoplay to execute may introduce malicious code to a system. Autoplay begins reading from a drive as soon as you insert media in the drive. As a result, the setup file of programs or music on audio media may start. This setting will disable autoplay for non-volume devices (such as Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) devices).

Check

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\Explorer\

Value Name: NoAutoplayfornonVolume

Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> AutoPlay Policies >> "Disallow Autoplay for non-volume devices" to "Enabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-220827
Group title
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
Rule ID
SV-220827r958804_rule
Check ID
C-22542r554966_chk
Fix ID
F-22531r554967_fix