WebUSB must be disabled.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-221591 | SRG-APP-000141 | DTBC-0058 | SV-221591r960963_rule | 2025-05-15 | 2 |
Description
Allows you to set whether websites are allowed to get access to connected USB devices. Access can be completely blocked, or the user can be asked every time a website wants to get access to connected USB devices.
If this policy is left not set, ”3” will be used, and the user will be able to change it.
2 = Do not allow any site to request access to USB devices via the WebUSB API
3 = Allow sites to ask the user to grant access to a connected USB device
ℹ️ Check
Universal method:
1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome://policy
2. If "DefaultWebUsbGuardSetting" is not displayed under the "Policy Name" column or it is not set to "2", this is a finding.
Windows method:
1. Start regedit
2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\
3. If the "DefaultWebUsbGuardSetting" value name does not exist or its value data is not set to "2", this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Windows group policy:
1. Open the “group policy editor” tool with gpedit.msc
2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\Content Settings
Policy Name: Control use of the WebUSB API
Policy State: Enabled
Policy Value: 2