STIGUI
V-253479CAT II — Medium severitySV-253479r958726_rule

The "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.

Rule version WN11-UR-000005 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

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

Accounts with the "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" user right may be able to retrieve the credentials of other accounts from Credential Manager.

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 are granted the "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" user right, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" to be defined but containing no entries (blank).

Identifiers

Group ID
V-253479
Group title
SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125
Rule ID
SV-253479r958726_rule
Check ID
C-56932r829519_chk
Fix ID
F-56882r829520_fix