Microsoft Windows 10

Anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares must be restricted

STIG ID: WN10-SO-000165 | SRG: SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069 | Severity: High | CCI: CCI-001090 | Vulnerability ID: V-220932

Description

Allowing anonymous access to named pipes or shares provides the potential for unauthorized system access. This setting restricts access to those defined in "Network access: Named Pipes that can be accessed anonymously" and "Network access: Shares that can be accessed anonymously", both of which must be blank under other requirements.

Check

C-22647r555281_chk

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINERegistry Path: \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanManServer\Parameters\Value Name: RestrictNullSessAccessValue Type: REG_DWORDValue: 1

Fix

F-22636r555282_fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> "Network access: Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares" to "Enabled".