Supported authentication schemes must be configured.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-235761	EDGE-00-000048	SV-235761r960966_rule		Medium

Description

This setting specifies which HTTP authentication schemes are supported. The policy can be configured by using these values: "basic", "digest", "ntlm", and "negotiate". Separate multiple values with commas. If this policy is not configured, all four schemes are used.

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

Details

Check Text (C-38980r766864_chk)

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/HTTP authentication/Supported authentication schemes" must be set to "ntlm,negotiate".

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

If the value for "AuthSchemes" is not set to "REG_SZ = ntlm,negotiate", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38943r626480_fix)

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/HTTP authentication/Supported authentication schemes" to "ntlm,negotiate".