Enable svchost.exe mitigation options
- Policy ID
- SvchostProcessMitigationEnable
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- System › Service Control Manager Settings › Security Settings
Description
This policy setting enables process mitigation options on svchost.exe processes.
If you enable this policy setting, built-in system services hosted in svchost.exe processes will have stricter security policies enabled on them.
This includes a policy requiring all binaries loaded in these processes to be signed by microsoft, as well as a policy disallowing dynamically-generated code.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, these stricter security settings will not be applied.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- EnableSvchostMitigationPolicyREG_DWORD