Relaunch notification must be required.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-235773	EDGE-00-000061	SV-235773r960993_rule		Medium

Description
Users must be required to restart the browser to finish installation of pending updates and prevent users from continually using an old/vulnerable browser version.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Edge Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-10

Details

Check Text ( C-38992r766881_chk )
The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Notify a user that a browser restart is recommended or required for pending updates" must be set to "Enabled" with the option value set to "Required". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge If the value for "RelaunchNotification" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 2", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-38992r766881_chk )

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Notify a user that a browser restart is recommended or required for pending updates" must be set to "Enabled" with the option value set to "Required".

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

If the value for "RelaunchNotification" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 2", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38955r626516_fix)
Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Notify a user that a browser restart is recommended or required for pending updates" web-browsing activity to "Required".