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V-226401CAT II — Medium severitySV-226401r961083_rule

Guest Mode must be disabled.

Rule version DTBC-0069 · STIG v2 · 2025-05-15

Discussion

If this policy is set to true or not configured, Google Chrome will enable guest logins. Guest logins are Google Chrome profiles where all windows are in incognito mode.

If this policy is set to false, Google Chrome will not allow guest profiles to be started.

Check

Universal method: 1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome://policy 2. If BrowserGuestModeEnabled is not displayed under the Policy Name column or it is not set to 0 under the Policy Value column, this is a finding.

Windows method: 1. Start regedit 2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\ 3. If the BrowserGuestModeEnabled value name does not exist or its value data is not set to 0, 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\ Policy Name: Enable guest mode in browser Policy State: Disabled

Identifiers

Group ID
V-226401
Group title
SRG-APP-000206
Rule ID
SV-226401r961083_rule
Check ID
C-28109r478217_chk
Fix ID
F-28097r478218_fix