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Administrator accounts must not be enumerated during elevation.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-253391WN11-CC-000200SV-253391r958518_ruleCCI-001084medium
Description
Enumeration of administrator accounts when elevating can provide part of the logon information to an unauthorized user. This setting configures the system to always require users to type in a username and password to elevate a running application.
STIGDate
Microsoft Windows 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-05-19

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) 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.

END-16Restrict Access To Security Functions
0.50
SEA-04.1Security Function Isolation
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (29) 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-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(13)Attribute-based Access Control
1.00
AC-3(4)Discretionary Access Control
1.00
AC-3(7)Role-based Access Control
1.00
AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00
AC-6(8)Privilege Levels for Code Execution
1.00

+19 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001084
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-253391r958518_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\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\CredUI\ Value Name: EnumerateAdministrators Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0

Fix Text (F-56794r829256_fix)

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Credential User Interface >> "Enumerate administrator accounts on elevation" to "Disabled".