Windows Vulnerable Driver Blocklist Disabled

Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)

Detects when the Windows Vulnerable Driver Blocklist is set to disabled. This setting is crucial for preventing the loading of known vulnerable drivers, and its modification may indicate an attempt to bypass security controls. It is often targeted by threat actors to facilitate the installation of malicious or vulnerable drivers, particularly in scenarios involving Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) bypass techniques. This rule applies to systems that support the Vulnerable Driver Blocklist feature, including Windows 10 version 1903 and later, and Windows Server 2022 and later. Note that this change will require a reboot to take effect, and this rule only detects the registry modification action.

2026-01-26 00:00:00

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d526c60a-e236-4011-b165-831ffa52ab70

attack.defense-evasion attack.t1562.001

Community Rule

Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel

Merge PR #5811 from @swachchhanda000 - Add New Vulnerable Driver Blocklist and HVCI Tampering Based Rules

2026-01-27