Title

Importing of saved passwords must be disabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Allows users to import saved passwords from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is enabled, the option to manually import saved passwords is automatically selected. If this policy is disabled, saved passwords are not imported on first run, and users cannot import them manually.

Check Content

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of saved passwords" 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 "ImportSavedPasswords" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of saved passwords" to "disabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-235738r879587_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-235738

Group Title: SRG-APP-000141

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