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1.178 WN11-CC-000360

Information

The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not use Digest authentication.

GROUP ID: V-253421
RULE ID: SV-253421r958510

Digest authentication is not as strong as other options and may be subject to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Solution

Configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows Remote Management (WinRM) >> WinRM Client >> 'Disallow Digest authentication'

to 'Enabled'.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27756

Item Details

Category: MAINTENANCE

References: 800-53|MA-4c., CCI|CCI-000877, Rule-ID|SV-253421r958510_rule, STIG-ID|WN11-CC-000360, Vuln-ID|V-253421

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 0740038b4961e13175cabc21cbceb09a2cb59d698da3b95ed3a092ffbaad3715