STIGUI
V-253487CAT II — Medium severitySV-253487r958726_rule

The "Create global objects" user right must only be assigned to Administrators, Service, Local Service, and Network Service.

Rule version WN11-UR-000050 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

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

Accounts with the "Create global objects" user right can create objects that are available to all sessions, which could affect processes in other users' sessions.

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 global objects" user right, this is a finding:

Administrators LOCAL SERVICE NETWORK SERVICE SERVICE

Fix

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

Administrators LOCAL SERVICE NETWORK SERVICE SERVICE

Identifiers

Group ID
V-253487
Group title
SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125
Rule ID
SV-253487r958726_rule
Check ID
C-56940r829543_chk
Fix ID
F-56890r829544_fix