Unauthenticated RPC clients must be restricted from connecting to the RPC server.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-253383	WN11-CC-000165	SV-253383r971545_rule	CCI-001967	medium
Description
Configuring RPC to restrict unauthenticated RPC clients from connecting to the RPC server will prevent anonymous connections.
STIG			Date
Microsoft Windows 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide			2026-05-19

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks

SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

IAC-04Identification & Authentication for Devices

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (49) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-18(1)Authentication and Encryption

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(11)Usage Conditions

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(3)Disable Accounts

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-4(17)Domain Authentication

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-7Unsuccessful Logon Attempts

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-8Time Stamps

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

+39 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping

CCI-001967

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)

NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 4 hops (3) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

PR.AA-01

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects
NIST OLIR Informative ReferenceOLIR 153 (2025-04-07)intersects(normalised)SCF Focal Document mapping (catalog)SCF 2026.2 focalintersects(normalised)

PR.AA-03

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects
NIST OLIR Informative ReferenceOLIR 153 (2025-04-07)intersects(normalised)SCF Focal Document mapping (catalog)SCF 2026.2 focalintersects(normalised)

PR.AA-05

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects
NIST OLIR Informative ReferenceOLIR 153 (2025-04-07)intersects(normalised)SCF Focal Document mapping (catalog)SCF 2026.2 focalintersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-253383r971545_chk)

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 NT\Rpc\ Value Name: RestrictRemoteClients Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix Text (F-56786r829232_fix)

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> System >> Remote Procedure Call >> "Restrict Unauthenticated RPC clients" to "Enabled" and "Authenticated".