1.235 WN22-SO-000280

Information

Windows Server 2022 must prevent PKU2U authentication using online identities.

GROUP ID: V-254472
RULE ID: SV-254472r991589

PKU2U is a peer-to-peer authentication protocol. This setting prevents online identities from authenticating to domain-joined systems. Authentication will be centrally managed with Windows user accounts.

Solution

Configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> Network security: Allow PKU2U authentication requests to this computer to use online identities to 'Disabled'

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22357