{"id":9085,"date":"2026-10-23T23:10:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/support-articles\/elements-exposure-management-winrm-authenticated-scan-fails-with-error-mi_result_failed-when-using-linux-scan-node\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T23:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:10:42","slug":"elements-exposure-management-winrm-authenticated-scan-fails-with-error-mi_result_failed-when-using-linux-scan-node","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/support-articles\/elements-exposure-management-winrm-authenticated-scan-fails-with-error-mi_result_failed-when-using-linux-scan-node\/","title":{"rendered":"Elements Exposure Management WinRM authenticated scan fails with error MI_RESULT_FAILED when using Linux Scan Node"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issue:<\/h3>\n<p>Elements Exposure Management WinRM authenticated scan fails with error MI_RESULT_FAILED when using Linux Scan Node.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Error in scan log:<\/strong><br \/>2022-12-06 15:11:06Z|ERROR|Karhu.Scanners.SSNG.AuthMode.Modules.WRM.WRM|Connection failed.<br \/>System.Management.Automation.Remoting.PSRemotingTransportException: Connecting to remote server SERVER-01 failed with the following error message : MI_RESULT_FAILED For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.AsyncResult.EndInvoke()<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.Internal.RunspacePoolInternal.EndOpen(IAsyncResult asyncResult)<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.Internal.RemoteRunspacePoolInternal.Open()<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.RunspacePool.Open()<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0at System.Management.Automation.RemoteRunspace.Open()<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0at Karhu.Scanners.SSNG.AuthMode.Modules.WRM.WRM.Connect(AuthModeEntry authMode)<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution:<\/h3>\n<p>If a Linux scan node is in use:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A user account must meet the following requirement:\n<ul>\n<li>Local user account added to the\u00a0Administrators\u00a0group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Run the following PowerShell command on the target Windows computer to allow basic WinRM authentication:\n<ul>\n<li>winrm set winrm\/config\/service\/auth &#39;@{Basic=&quot;true&quot;}&#39;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that DNS resolution is working fine. Check if scanning target using IP only works.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elements Vulnerability Management WinRM authenticated scan fails with error MI_RESULT_FAILED when using Linux Scan Node.<\/p>\n<p>Error in scan log:<br \/>\n2022-12-06 15:11:06Z|ERROR|Karhu.Scanners.SSNG.AuthMode.Modules.WRM.WRM|Connection failed.<br \/>\nSystem.Management.Automation.Remoting.PSRemotingTransportException: Connecting to remote server SERVER-01 failed with the following error message : MI_RESULT_FAILED For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0at System.Management.Automati<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[108],"class_list":["post-9085","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000009152","source_version":1,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-10-23 20:10:42","import_hash":"e41d8924963ffb66e933b1b1d3a831424915e8a9","vanilla_article_id":"","vanilla_url":"","vanilla_kb_id":"","vanilla_category_id":"","machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":"","reactions_helpful_no":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/9085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=9085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}