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No Suitable Encryption Key Found For Generating Kerberos Ticket

Detects errors when a target server doesn't have suitable keys for generating kerberos tickets. This issue can occur for example when a service uses a user account or a computer account that is configured for only DES encryption on a computer that is running Windows 7 which has DES encryption for Kerberos authentication disabled.

MITRE ATT&CK

T1558.003

credential-access

Detection Query

selection:
  Provider_Name:
    - Kerberos-Key-Distribution-Center
    - Microsoft-Windows-Kerberos-Key-Distribution-Center
  EventID:
    - 16
    - 27
condition: selection

Author

@SerkinValery

Created

2024-03-07

Data Sources

windowssystem

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.credential-accessattack.t1558.003

Raw Content

title: No Suitable Encryption Key Found For Generating Kerberos Ticket
id: b1e0b3f5-b62e-41be-886a-daffde446ad4
status: test
description: |
    Detects errors when a target server doesn't have suitable keys for generating kerberos tickets.
    This issue can occur for example when a service uses a user account or a computer account that is configured for only DES encryption on a computer that is running Windows 7 which has DES encryption for Kerberos authentication disabled.
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-r2-and-2008/dd348773(v=ws.10)
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/windows-security/kdc-event-16-27-des-encryption-disabled
author: '@SerkinValery'
date: 2024-03-07
modified: 2025-09-22
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1558.003
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name:
            - 'Kerberos-Key-Distribution-Center'
            - 'Microsoft-Windows-Kerberos-Key-Distribution-Center'
        EventID:
            - 16 # KDCEVENT_NO_KEY_INTERSECTION_TGS
            - 27 # KDCEVENT_UNSUPPORTED_ETYPE_REQUEST_TGS
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low