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V-235741CAT II — Medium severitySV-235741r1007485_rule

AutoplayAllowed must be set to disabled.

Rule version EDGE-00-000024 · STIG v2 · 2026-02-25

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.

Check

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.

Fix

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

Identifiers

Group ID
V-235741
Group title
SRG-APP-000141
Rule ID
SV-235741r1007485_rule
Check ID
C-38960r626419_chk
Fix ID
F-38923r626420_fix