Domain Controller: Add workstations to domain user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group on domain controllers

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Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.

Accounts with the "Add workstations to domain" right may add computers to a domain. This could result in unapproved or incorrectly configured systems being added to a domain.

Remediation

To fix this configure the policy value for
Computer Configuration
|_ Windows Settings
|_ Security Settings
|_ Local Policies
|_ User Rights Assignment
|_ Add workstations to domain to include only the following accounts or groups:

  • Administrators

STIG: Server
2025: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-278166
2022: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-254419
2019: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-205744
2016: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-224998

NIST 800-53 : AC-3, AC-6, CM-5, CM-6
NIST 800-171: 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.4.5, 3.4.6
CMMC v2.0 L2: AC.L2-3.1.1, AC.L2-3.1.2, CM.L2-3.4.5, CM.L2-3.4.6
PCI-DSS v4.0: 2.2.1, 7.2.1
HIPAA SR : ยง164.312(a)(1)
HIPAA HICP : Practice 3 (Identity and Access Management), Practice 5 (Asset Management)