About this tag
The NPS tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Microsoft Network Policy Server, a component of Windows Server used for RADIUS authentication and policy enforcement. Topics include troubleshooting authentication failures, configuring network policies for wired and wireless access, and integrating NPS with Active Directory. Security advisories related to NPS, such as privilege elevation vulnerabilities in EAP-TLS, are also addressed. The tag is relevant for IT administrators managing enterprise network access control, VPNs, and 802.1X authentication on Windows Server platforms.
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    CVE-2025-50159: Local Privilege Elevation in Windows PPP EAP-TLS

    Microsoft’s security advisory confirms a use-after-free flaw in the Remote Access Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) EAP-TLS implementation that can allow an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems, and administrators must treat this as a priority patching and...
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    Windows NPS authentication failure

    Hello, I currently have a Windows Server 2022 with NPS and AD running on it. I have a few network policies that work fine. Now I want to add a policy that checks if a client doesn't belong to anything. The policy just checks if the incoming connection is using 'Ethernet'. If so, it must return...