STIGUI
V-235756CAT II — Medium severitySV-235756r961521_rule

The Password Manager must be disabled.

Rule version EDGE-00-000043 · STIG v2 · 2026-02-25

Discussion

Enable Microsoft Edge to save user passwords.

If this policy is enabled, users can save their passwords in Microsoft Edge. The next time the user visits the site, Microsoft Edge will enter the password automatically.

Check

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Password manager and protection/Enable saving passwords to the password manager" 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 "PasswordManagerEnabled" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Password manager and protection/Enable saving passwords to the password manager" to "disabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-235756
Group title
SRG-APP-000400
Rule ID
SV-235756r961521_rule
Check ID
C-38975r626464_chk
Fix ID
F-38938r626465_fix