STIGUI
V-271428CAT II — Medium severitySV-271428r1137691_rule

Windows Server 2019 must be configured for certificate-based authentication for domain controllers.

Rule version WN19-DC-000391 · STIG v3 · 2026-02-12

Discussion

Active Directory domain services elevation of privilege vulnerability could allow a user rights to the system, such as administrative and other high-level capabilities.

Check

This applies to domain controllers. This is not applicable for member servers.

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\Services\Kdc

Value Name: StrongCertificateBindingEnforcement

Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000001 (1) or 0x00000002 (2)

Fix

Configure the registry value. Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Kdc

Value Name: StrongCertificateBindingEnforcement

Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000001 (1) or 0x00000002 (2)

Identifiers

Group ID
V-271428
Group title
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
Rule ID
SV-271428r1137691_rule
Check ID
C-75477r1059561_chk
Fix ID
F-75384r1059562_fix