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Windows Server 2025 domain controllers must have a PKI server certificate.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-278159WN25-DC-000280SV-278159r1182124_ruleCCI-000185medium
Description
Domain controllers are part of the chain of trust for PKI authentications. Without the appropriate certificate, the authenticity of the domain controller cannot be verified. Domain controllers must have a server certificate to establish authenticity as part of PKI authentications in the domain.
STIGDate
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-02-20

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 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-10.2PKI-Based Authentication
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (53) 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-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-4(17)Domain Authentication
1.00

+43 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-000185
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-278159r1182124_chk)

This applies to domain controllers. It is not applicable for other systems. Run "MMC". Select "Add/Remove Snap-in" from the "File" menu. Select "Certificates" in the left pane, and then click "Add >". Select "Computer Account", and then click "Next". Select the appropriate option for "Select the computer you want this snap-in to manage", and then click "Finish". Click "OK". Select and expand the "Certificates (Local Computer)" entry in the left pane. Select and expand the "Personal" entry in the left pane. Select the "Certificates" entry in the left pane. If no certificate for the domain controller exists in the right pane, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-82594r1181182_fix)

Obtain a server certificate for the domain controller.