Winget Admin Settings Modification
Detects changes to the AppInstaller (winget) admin settings. Such as enabling local manifest installations or disabling installer hash checks
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- registry_set
Known benign triggers
- The event doesn't contain information about the type of change. False positives are expected with legitimate changes
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/blob/02d2f93807c9851d73eaacb4d8811a76b64b7b01/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/Public/winget/AdminSettings.h#L13 | Only this detection cites it |
| github.com/nasbench/Misc-Research/tree/b9596e8109dcdb16ec353f316678927e507a5b8d/LOLBINs/Winget | 7 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 6db5eaf9-88f7-4ed9-af7d-9ef2ad12f236
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.defense-impairmentattack.persistence
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1