Windows Server 2025 must be configured for certificate-based authentication for domain controllers.

STIG ID: WN25-DC-000405  |  SRG: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048 |  Severity: medium (CAT II)  |  CCI: CCI-000213 |  Vulnerability Id: V-278172

Vulnerability Discussion

Active Directory domain services elevation of privilege vulnerability could allow a user rights to the system, such as administrative and other high-level capabilities.

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This applies to domain controllers. This is not applicable for member servers.

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: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Kdc

Value Name: StrongCertificateBindingEnforcement

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x00000001 (1) or 0x00000002 (2)

Fix

Configure the registry value.
Registry Hive:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Kdc

Value Name: StrongCertificateBindingEnforcement

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x00000001 (1) or 0x00000002 (2)
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