Microsoft Windows 11

Windows 11 administrator accounts must not be enumerated during elevation

STIG ID: WN11-CC-000200 | SRG: SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-001084 | Vulnerability ID: V-253391

Description

Enumeration of administrator accounts when elevating can provide part of the logon information to an unauthorized user. This setting configures the system to always require users to type in a username and password to elevate a running application.

Check

C-56844r829255_chk

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: \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\CredUI\

Value Name: EnumerateAdministrators

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Fix

F-56794r829256_fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Credential User Interface >> "Enumerate administrator accounts on elevation" to "Disabled".