WN25-PK-000020 - Windows Server 2025 must have the DOD Interoperability Root Certificate Authority (CA) cross-certificates installed in the Untrusted Certificates Store on unclassified systems.

Information

To ensure users do not experience denial of service when performing certificate-based authentication to DOD websites due to the system chaining to a root other than DOD Root CAs, the DOD Interoperability Root CA cross-certificates must be installed in the Untrusted Certificate Store. This requirement only applies to unclassified systems.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000066-GPOS-00034, SRG-OS-000403-GPOS-00182

Solution

Install the DOD Interoperability Root CA cross-certificates on unclassified systems.

Issued To - Issued By - Thumbprint

DOD Root CA 3- DOD Interoperability Root CA 2 - 49CBE933151872E17C8EAE7F0ABA97FB610F6477

DOD Root CA 3 - DOD Interoperability Root CA 2 - AC06108CA348CC03B53795C64BF84403C1DBD341

Administrators must run the Federal Bridge Certification Authority (FBCA) Cross-Certificate Removal Tool once as an administrator and once as the current user.

The FBCA Cross-Certificate Remover Tool and User Guide are available on Cyber Exchange at https://cyber.mil/pki-pke/tools-configuration-files.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Server_2025_V1R1_STIG.zip