STIGUI
V-253455CAT II — Medium severitySV-253455r1268251_rule

The system must be configured to prevent anonymous users from having the same rights as the Everyone group.

Rule version WN11-SO-000160 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Access by anonymous users must be restricted. If this setting is enabled, then 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: 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-253455
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-253455r1268251_rule
Check ID
C-56908r829447_chk
Fix ID
F-56858r829448_fix