Sites ability to show pop-ups must be disabled.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-221561 | DTBC-0004 | SV-221561r960963_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Chrome allows you to manage whether unwanted pop-up windows appear. Pop-up windows that are opened when the end user clicks a link are not blocked. If you enable this policy setting, most unwanted pop-up windows are prevented from appearing. If you disable this policy setting, pop-up windows are not prevented from appearing. If you disable this policy setting, scripts can continue to create pop-up windows, and pop-ups that hide other windows. Recommend configuring this setting to ‘2’ to help prevent malicious websites from controlling the pop-up windows or fooling users into clicking on the wrong window. If you do not configure this policy setting, most unwanted pop-up windows are prevented from appearing. If this policy is left not set, 'BlockPopups' will be used and the user will be able to change it. 1 = Allow all sites to show pop-ups 2 = Do not allow any site to show pop-ups | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Google Chrome Current Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-15 | |||
Related Frameworks
3 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-7
1.00
- DISA · V2R11 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1711 mapping
3.4.6
1.00
- DISA · V2R11 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000381
1.00
- DISA · V2R11 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-221561r960963_chk)
Universal method:
1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome://policy
2. If DefaultPopupsSetting is not displayed under the Policy Name column or it is not set to 2, then this is a finding.
Windows method:
1. Start regedit
2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\
3. If the value name DefaultPopupsSetting does not exist or its value data is not set to 2, then this is a finding.
Note: If AO Approved exceptions to this rule have been enabled, this is not a finding.
Fix Text (F-23265r478203_fix)
Windows group policy:
1. Open the group policy editor tool with gpedit.msc
2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\Content Settings\
Policy Name: Default popups setting
Policy State: Enabled
Policy Value: Do not allow any site to show popups