STIGUI
V-220962CAT II — Medium severitySV-220962r958726_rule

The Create a pagefile user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.

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

Discussion

Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.

Accounts with the "Create a pagefile" user right can change the size of a pagefile, which could affect system performance.

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 >> User Rights Assignment.

If any groups or accounts other than the following are granted the "Create a pagefile" user right, this is a finding:

Administrators

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> "Create a pagefile" to only include the following groups or accounts:

Administrators

Identifiers

Group ID
V-220962
Group title
SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125
Rule ID
SV-220962r958726_rule
Check ID
C-22677r555371_chk
Fix ID
F-22666r555372_fix