Importing of search engine settings must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-235739	EDGE-00-000022	SV-235739r960963_rule		Medium

Description

Allows users to import search engine settings from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is enabled, the option to import search engine settings is automatically selected. If this policy is disabled, search engine settings are not imported at first run, and users cannot import them manually.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Edge Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-09-13

Details

Check Text (C-38958r626413_chk)

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of search engine settings" must be set to "disabled".

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

If the value for "ImportSearchEngine" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38921r626414_fix)

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of search engine settings" to "disabled".