Windows Server 2022 must have the Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol disabled on the SMB client.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-254277	WN22-00-000400	SV-254277r848647_rule		Medium

Description
SMBv1 is a legacy protocol that uses the MD5 algorithm as part of SMB. MD5 is known to be vulnerable to a number of attacks such as collision and preimage attacks as well as not being FIPS compliant.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-08-25

Details

Check Text ( C-57762r848645_chk )
Different methods are available to disable SMBv1 on Windows Server 2022, if WN22-00-000380 is configured, this is NA. If the following registry value is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mrxsmb10\ Value Name: Start Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000004 (4)

Fix Text (F-57713r848646_fix)

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> MS Security Guide >> Configure SMBv1 client driver to "Enabled" with "Disable driver (recommended)" selected for "Configure MrxSmb10 driver". The system must be restarted for the changes to take effect. This policy setting requires the installation of the SecGuide custom templates included with the STIG package. "SecGuide.admx" and "SecGuide.adml" must be copied to the \Windows\PolicyDefinitions and \Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US directories respectively.