SpeculationControl

1.0.12

This module provides the ability to query the speculation control settings for the system.

Installation Options

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Install-Module -Name SpeculationControl -RequiredVersion 1.0.12

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Install-PSResource -Name SpeculationControl -Version 1.0.12

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Owners

Copyright

Microsoft

Package Details

Author(s)

  • Matt Miller Security Engineer

Tags

Security ADV180002 Windows ADV180018

Functions

Get-SpeculationControlSettings

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes


## 1.0.12

* Add support for reporting the status of Windows kernel enablement of retpoline

## 1.0.11

* Fixed an issue where the L1TF OS mitigation was being improperly reported as enabled

## 1.0.10

* Replaced usage of Get-WmiObject with Get-CimInstance

## 1.0.9

* Added support for querying CVE-2018-3620 (L1TF OS mitigation) setting

## 1.0.8

* Added support for querying Speculative Store Bypass Disable (SSBD) setting

## 1.0.7

* Added additional guidance for AMD CPUs

## 1.0.6

* Added support for querying the OS to see if KVA shadow is required

## 1.0.5

* Added -Quiet parameter which can be used to suppress host output

## 1.0.4

* Added message directing users to explanation of output
* Addressed feedback regarding multiple CPUs when setting $cpu

## 1.0.3

* Signed files using SHA2 certificate

FileList

Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
1.0.19 81,359 6/11/2025
1.0.18 8,009,621 4/19/2023
1.0.17 2,157,591 9/26/2022
1.0.16 981,962 6/16/2022
1.0.15 22,499 6/14/2022
1.0.14 29,393,330 5/15/2019
1.0.13 125,811 5/14/2019
1.0.12 (current version) 476,174,218 11/26/2018
1.0.11 1,127,228 9/5/2018
1.0.10 269,683 8/16/2018
1.0.9 34,882 8/14/2018
1.0.8 820,229 6/12/2018
1.0.7 710,165 4/10/2018
1.0.6 143,299 3/26/2018
1.0.5 176,330 2/28/2018
1.0.4 518,648 1/12/2018
1.0.3 191,680 1/9/2018
1.0.2 89,104 1/5/2018
1.0.1 55,198 1/4/2018
1.0.0 14,025 1/4/2018
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