EDGE-00-000015 Importing of cookies must be disabled.
DISA STIG library V2R5
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Maps to CM-7 via CCI-000381
Title
Importing of cookies must be disabled.
Control
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.
Discussion
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.
Related controls
CCI-000381
Fix
Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of cookies" to "disabled".