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V-220909CAT II — Medium severitySV-220909r958504_rule

The built-in guest account must be disabled.

Rule version WN10-SO-000010 · STIG v3 · 2025-09-24

Discussion

A system faces an increased vulnerability threat if the built-in guest account is not disabled. This account is a known account that exists on all Windows systems and cannot be deleted. This account is initialized during the installation of the operating system with no password assigned.

Check

Verify the effective setting in Local Group Policy Editor. Run "gpedit.msc".

Navigate to Local Computer Policy >> Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options.

If the value for "Accounts: Guest account status" is not set to "Disabled", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> "Accounts: Guest account status" to "Disabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-220909
Group title
SRG-OS-000121-GPOS-00062
Rule ID
SV-220909r958504_rule
Check ID
C-22624r555212_chk
Fix ID
F-22613r555213_fix