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Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-272631CYLN-OP-000115SV-272631r1112743_ruleCCI-000166medium
Description
Cookies must only be allowed per session and only for approved URLs, as permanently stored cookies can be used for malicious intent. Approved URLs may be allowlisted via the "CookiesAllowedForUrls" or "SaveCookiesOnExit" policy settings, but these are not requirements.
STIGDate
Arctic Wolf CylanceON-PREM Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-06-11

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

MON-09Non-Repudiation
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (53) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-11Device Lock
1.00
AC-11(1)Pattern-hiding Displays
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(7)Role-based Access Control
1.00

+43 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-000166
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-272631r1112743_chk)

Verify the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Content settings/Configure cookies" is set to "Enabled" with the option value set to "Keep cookies for the duration of the session, except ones listed in 'SaveCookiesOnExit'". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge If the value for "DefaultCookiesSetting" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 4", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-76617r1112742_fix)

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Content settings/Configure cookies" to "Enabled" with the option value set to "Keep cookies for the duration of the session, except ones listed in 'SaveCookiesOnExit'".