SV-205711r958510: Windows Server 2019 Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not use Basic authentication. | Microsoft Windows Server 2019 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Windows Server 2019 Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not use Basic authentication.

Description

Discussion Text

Basic authentication uses plain-text passwords that could be used to compromise a system. Disabling Basic authentication will reduce this potential.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000877V-93503SV-103589

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2019 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2019 2907

Checks

DISA STIG (Manual Reference)

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: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Client\

Value Name: AllowBasic

Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x00000000 (0)

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

# Windows PowerShell
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.windows2019:def:205711
# Windows Server 2019 Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not use Basic authentication.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'Allow Basic authentication' is set to 'Disabled'
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_1 {
  return (((@{String='reg_sz';ExpandString='reg_expand_sz';Binary='reg_binary';DWord='reg_dword';MultiString='reg_multi_sz';QWord='reg_qword';None='reg_none'}[(Get-Item -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Client').GetValueKind('AllowBasic').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Client' -Name 'AllowBasic' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'AllowBasic') -eq 0))
}

if (test_1) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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# oval:mil.disa.stig.windows2019:def:205711
if (!(Test-Path -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Client")) {exit 0} else {if ((Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Client" -Name "AllowBasic").AllowBasic -eq 0) {Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0} else {Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1}}

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows Remote Management (WinRM) >> WinRM Client >> "Allow Basic authentication" to "Disabled".