STIGUI
V-235742CAT II — Medium severitySV-235742r960963_rule

WebUSB must be disabled.

Rule version EDGE-00-000025 · STIG v2 · 2026-02-25

Discussion

Set whether websites can access connected USB devices. Access can be blocked completely or the user asked each time a website wants to get access to connected USB devices.

Override this policy for specific URL patterns by using the WebUsbAskForUrls and WebUsbBlockedForUrls policies.

If this policy is not configured, sites can ask users whether they can access the connected USB devices ('AskWebUsb') by default, and users can change this setting.

Check

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Content settings/Control use of the WebUSB API" must be set to "enabled" with the option value set to "Do not allow any site to request access to USB devices via the WebUSB API".

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

If the value for "DefaultWebUsbGuardSetting" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 2", this is a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Content settings/Control use of the WebUSB API" to enabled" and select "Do not allow any site to request access to USB devices via the WebUSB API".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-235742
Group title
SRG-APP-000141
Rule ID
SV-235742r960963_rule
Check ID
C-38961r626422_chk
Fix ID
F-38924r626423_fix