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1.207 WN16-SO-000020

Information

Local accounts with blank passwords must be restricted to prevent access from the network.

GROUP ID: V-225025
RULE ID: SV-225025r991589

An account without a password can allow unauthorized access to a system as only the username would be required. Password policies should prevent accounts with blank passwords from existing on a system. However, if a local account with a blank password does exist, enabling this setting will prevent network access, limiting the account to local console logon only.

Solution

Configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> 'Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only'

to 'Enabled'.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23093

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-225025r991589_rule, STIG-ID|WN16-SO-000020, Vuln-ID|V-225025

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 67c61648f84af36a2527b56b34508bc50f70e1a1a86e212221f1575b81d0b14c