Microsoft Windows 11

File Explorer heap termination on corruption must be disabled

STIG ID: WN11-CC-000220 | SRG: SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186 | Severity: Low | CCI: CCI-002385 | Vulnerability ID: V-253397

Description

Legacy plug-in applications may continue to function when a File Explorer session has become corrupt. Disabling this feature will prevent this.

Check

C-253397r958902_chk

The default behavior is for File Explorer heap termination on corruption to be enabled.If it exists and is configured with a value of "1", this is a finding.Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINERegistry Path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\Value Name: NoHeapTerminationOnCorruptionValue Type: REG_DWORDValue: 0x00000000 (0) (or if the Value Name does not exist)

Fix

F-56800r829274_fix

The default behavior is for File Explorer heap termination on corruption to be enabled.To correct this, configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> File Explorer >> "Turn off heap termination on corruption" to "Not Configured" or "Disabled".