Web Bluetooth API must be disabled.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-241787 | DTBC-0073 | SV-241787r960963_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Setting the policy to 3 lets websites ask for access to nearby Bluetooth devices. Setting the policy to 2 denies access to nearby Bluetooth devices. Leaving the policy unset lets sites ask for access, but users can change this setting. 2 = Do not allow any site to request access to Bluetooth devices via the Web Bluetooth API 3 = Allow sites to ask the user to grant access to a nearby Bluetooth device | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Google Chrome Current Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-15 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-241787r960963_chk)
Universal method:
1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome://policy
2. If DefaultWebBluetoothGuardSetting is not displayed under the Policy Name column or it is not set to 2 under the Policy Value column, then this is a finding.
Windows method:
1. Start regedit
2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\
3. If the DefaultWebBluetoothGuardSetting value name does not exist or its value data is not set to 2, then this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-45022r720328_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: Control use of the Web Bluetooth API
Policy State: Enabled
Policy Value: Do not allow any site to request access to Bluetooth devices via the Web Bluetooth API