Microsoft Windows Server 2025

Windows Server 2025 must prevent NTLM from falling back to a Null session

STIG ID: WN25-SO-000270 | SRG: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-000366 | Vulnerability ID: V-278221

Description

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

Check

C-82751r1181367_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: \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\LSA\MSV1_0\

Value Name: allownullsessionfallback

Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x00000000 (0)

Fix

F-82656r1181368_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".