Importing of saved passwords must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-235738	EDGE-00-000021	SV-235738r960963_rule		Medium

Description

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

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

Details

Check Text (C-38957r626410_chk)

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of saved passwords" 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 "ImportSavedPasswords" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38920r626411_fix)

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