Title

Google Cast must be disabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Enable this policy to enable Google Cast. Users will be able to launch it from the app menu, page context menus, media controls on Cast-enabled websites, and (if shown) the Cast toolbar icon. Disable this policy to disable Google Cast. By default, Google Cast is enabled.

Check Content

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Cast/Enable Google Cast" 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 "EnableMediaRouter" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Cast/Enable Google Cast" to "disabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-235743r879587_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-235743

Group Title: SRG-APP-000141

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