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

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