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EDGE-00-000024 AutoplayAllowed must be set to disabled.

DISA STIG library V2R5
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first version loaded CAT II

Maps to CM-7 via CCI-000381

Title

AutoplayAllowed must be set to disabled.

Control

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow media autoplay for websites" 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 "AutoplayAllowed" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Discussion

This policy sets the media autoplay policy for websites. The default setting "Not configured" respects the current media autoplay settings and lets users configure their autoplay settings. Setting to "Enabled" sets media autoplay to "Allow". All websites are allowed to autoplay media. Users cannot override this policy. Setting to "Disabled" sets media autoplay to "Limit". This limits websites that are allowed to autoplay media to webpages with high media engagement and active WebRTC streams. Prior to Microsoft Edge version 92, this would set media autoplay to "Block". Users cannot override this policy.

Related controls

CCI-000381

Fix

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow media autoplay for websites" to "disabled".