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V-254344

CAT II

Windows Server 2022 Early Launch Antimalware, Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy must prevent boot drivers identified as bad.

Ships Affected
1
Total Findings
1
Open
0
Closed
1

Check Text

The default behavior is for Early Launch Antimalware - Boot-Start Driver Initialization policy to enforce "Good, unknown and bad but critical" (preventing "bad"). If the registry value name below does not exist, this is not a finding. If it exists and is configured with a value of "0x00000007 (7)", this is a finding. Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Policies\EarlyLaunch\ Value Name: DriverLoadPolicy Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000001 (1), 0x00000003 (3), or 0x00000008 (8) (or if the Value Name does not exist) Possible values for this setting are: 8 - Good only 1 - Good and unknown 3 - Good, unknown and bad but critical 7 - All (which includes "bad" and would be a finding)

Fix Text

The default behavior is for Early Launch Antimalware - Boot-Start Driver Initialization policy to enforce "Good, unknown and bad but critical" (preventing "bad"). If this needs to be corrected or a more secure setting is desired, configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> System >> Early Launch Antimalware >> Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy to "Not Configured" or "Enabled" with any option other than "All" selected.

STIG Reference

STIG
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Version
2
Release
8
Rule ID
SV-254344r991589_rule

All Occurrences

This vulnerability appears on 1 ship(s)

Ship Hull # Source File Status Assigned To Scan Date Actions
LAB BASELINES BASELINE SCHR-P3-DP-001_WinServer2022_V2R7_20260305-133436.cklb
Unassigned 2026-03-05T13:34:36 View in Context
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