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V-254468CAT II — Medium severitySV-254468r991589_rule

Windows Server 2022 must be configured to prevent anonymous users from having the same permissions as the Everyone group.

Rule version WN22-SO-000240 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-19

Discussion

Access by anonymous users must be restricted. If this setting is enabled, anonymous users have the same rights and permissions as the built-in Everyone group. Anonymous users must not have these permissions or rights.

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: \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\

Value Name: EveryoneIncludesAnonymous

Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000000 (0)

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> Network access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users to "Disabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-254468
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-254468r991589_rule
Check ID
C-57953r849218_chk
Fix ID
F-57904r849219_fix