STIGUI
V-253403CAT II — Medium severitySV-253403r1268233_rule

Local drives must be prevented from sharing with Remote Desktop Session Hosts.

Rule version WN11-CC-000275 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Preventing users from sharing the local drives on their client computers to Remote Session Hosts that they access helps reduce possible exposure of sensitive data.

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 NT\Terminal Services\

Value Name: fDisableCdm

Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Remote Desktop Services >> Remote Desktop Session Host >> Device and Resource Redirection >> "Do not allow drive redirection" to "Enabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-253403
Group title
SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069
Rule ID
SV-253403r1268233_rule
Check ID
C-56856r829291_chk
Fix ID
F-56806r829292_fix