STIGQter: STIG Summary: Microsoft Edge Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 14 Jan 2021:

Relaunch notification must be required.

DISA Rule

SV-235773r626523_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-235773

Group Title

SRG-APP-000156

Rule Version

EDGE-00-000061

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000396 - The organization documents an inventory of information system components that is at the level of granularity deemed necessary for tracking and reporting.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

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".

Check Contents

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.

Vulnerability Number

V-235773

Documentable

False

Rule Version

EDGE-00-000061

Severity Override Guidance

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 Content Reference

M

Target Key

5280

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