GPOs without authenticated users count should be retrievable
AD-GPOREP-03MediumActive DirectoryGroup Policy
Part of Active Directory · Active Directory · Group Policy · All checks
Invoke-Maester -TestId AD-GPOREP-03Overview
Section titled “Overview”Control Type
Section titled “Control Type”Detective
Test-MtAdGpoNoAuthenticatedUsersCount
Section titled “Test-MtAdGpoNoAuthenticatedUsersCount”Counts GPO reports that do not include Authenticated Users.
Why This Test Matters
Section titled “Why This Test Matters”- Detective control: counts GPO reports missing Authenticated Users which could widen access.
Security Recommendation
Section titled “Security Recommendation”- Review missing Authenticated Users and adjust GPO ACLs as needed.
How the Test Works
Section titled “How the Test Works”- Uses Get-MtADGpoState, counts the GPO reports without an access-allowed entry for Authenticated Users (HasAuthenticatedUsers is false), and reports totals.
- A GPO whose permissions could not be read is reported as not evaluated instead of as a finding. The result is then Investigate, or Skipped when no GPO could be evaluated.
Related Tests
Section titled “Related Tests”Test-MtAdGpoNoAuthenticatedUsersDetails.
Related links
Section titled “Related links”- Microsoft Learn - Group Policy management
- ANSSI checkpoint: https://www.anssi.gouv.fr/
Details
Section titled “Details”Every attribute of this check
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Test ID | AD-GPOREP-03 |
| Severity | Medium |
| Suite | Active Directory |
| Product | Active Directory |
| Feature | Group Policy |
| Area | Access control |
| Resource type | GroupPolicy |
| User impact | Low |
| Implementation cost | Medium |
| MITRE ATT&CK | None |
| PowerShell test | Test-MtAdGpoNoAuthenticatedUsersCount |
| Services | ActiveDirectory |
| Permissions | ActiveDirectory:Ldap:groupPolicyContainer.gPCFileSysPath:ReadProperty, ActiveDirectory:File:SYSVOL:Read |
Source
Section titled “Source”- Test:
tests/ad/gpo-state/Test.AD-GPOREP-03.ps1 - Documentation:
tests/ad/gpo-state/Test.AD-GPOREP-03.md