Enable svchost.exe mitigation options
Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 30, 2026
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
Path in the GPO console
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\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
HKLM
System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SCMConfig Value name: EnableSvchostMitigationPolicy
Enabled: EnableSvchostMitigationPolicy = 1
Disabled: EnableSvchostMitigationPolicy = 0
MDM / Intune (CSP)
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ServiceControlManager/SvchostProcessMitigation Microsoft Learn documentation Mapping data: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0)
Export Builder
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.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Enable svchost.exe mitigation options
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SCMConfig]
"EnableSvchostMitigationPolicy"=dword:00000001More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Enable svchost.exe mitigation options
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
$path = 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SCMConfig'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'EnableSvchostMitigationPolicy' -Value 1 -Type DWordIntune XML
OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ServiceControlManager/SvchostProcessMitigation
Data type: String
Value:
<enabled/>Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Enable svchost.exe mitigation options
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SCMConfig' -Name 'EnableSvchostMitigationPolicy' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Enable svchost.exe mitigation options
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
$path = 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SCMConfig'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'EnableSvchostMitigationPolicy' -Value 1 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Enable svchost.exe mitigation options
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
# SCCM Configuration Item guidance:
# Create a Configuration Item of type "Setting: Script".
# Discovery script: use the Detection script below.
# Remediation script: use the Remediation script below.
# Compliance rule: the Discovery script output equals 'Compliant'.
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Enable svchost.exe mitigation options
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SCMConfig' -Name 'EnableSvchostMitigationPolicy' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Enable svchost.exe mitigation options
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
$path = 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SCMConfig'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'EnableSvchostMitigationPolicy' -Value 1 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.