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V-257592CAT II — Medium severitySV-257592r1268251_rule

Windows 11 must not have portproxy enabled or in use.

Rule version WN11-00-000395 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Having portproxy enabled or configured in Windows 10 could allow a man-in-the-middle attack.

Check

Check the registry key for existence of proxied ports: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PortProxy\.

If the key contains v4tov4\tcp\ or is populated v4tov4\tcp\, this is a finding.

Run "netsh interface portproxy show all".

If the command displays any results, this is a finding.

Fix

Contact the Administrator to run "netsh interface portproxy delete" with elevation. Remove any enabled portproxies that may be configured.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-257592
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-257592r1268251_rule
Check ID
C-61332r922045_chk
Fix ID
F-61256r922046_fix