Importing of cookies must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-235732	EDGE-00-000015	SV-235732r960963_rule		Medium

Description

Allows users to import cookies from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is disabled, cookies are not imported on first run. If this policy is not configured, cookies are imported on first run.

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

Details

Check Text (C-38951r626392_chk)

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

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

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

Fix Text (F-38914r626393_fix)

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