Microsoft Windows Server 2016

NTLM must be prevented from falling back to a Null session

STIG ID: WN16-SO-000330 | SRG: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-000366 | Vulnerability ID: V-225050

Description

NTLM sessions that are allowed to fall back to Null (unauthenticated) sessions may gain unauthorized access.

Check

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\Control\LSA\MSV1_0\Value Name: allownullsessionfallbackType: REG_DWORDValue: 0x00000000 (0)

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> "Network security: Allow LocalSystem NULL session fallback" to "Disabled".