Importing of cookies must be disabled.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-235732 | SRG-APP-000141 | EDGE-00-000015 | SV-235732r960963_rule | 2026-02-25 | 2 |
Description
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.
ℹ️ Check
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.
✔️ Fix
Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of cookies" to "disabled".