Suggestions of similar web pages in the event of a navigation error must be disabled.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-235768 | SRG-APP-000151 | EDGE-00-000056 | SV-235768r1015298_rule | 2026-02-25 | 2 |
Description
This setting allows Microsoft Edge to issue a connection to a web service to generate URL and search suggestions for connectivity issues such as DNS errors.
If this policy is enabled, a web service is used to generate URL and search suggestions for network errors.
If this policy is disabled, no calls to the web service are made and a standard error page is shown.
If this policy is not configured, Microsoft Edge respects the user preference that is set under Services at edge://settings/privacy. Specifically, there is a "Suggest similar pages when a webpage can't be found" toggle, which the user can switch on or off.
Note that if this policy has been enabled (AlternateErrorPagesEnabled), the "Suggest similar pages when a webpage can't be found setting" is turned on, but the user cannot change the setting by using the toggle.
If this policy is disabled, the "Suggest similar pages when a webpage can't be found" setting is turned off, and the user cannot change the setting by using the toggle.
ℹ️ Check
The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Suggest similar pages when a webpage can't be found" 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 AlternateErrorPagesEnabled is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Suggest similar pages when a webpage can't be found" to "Disabled".