Details

Set whether websites can access connected USB devices. Access can be blocked completely or the user asked each time a website wants to get access to connected USB devices.

Override this policy for specific URL patterns by using the WebUsbAskForUrls and WebUsbBlockedForUrls policies.

If this policy is not configured, sites can ask users whether they can access the connected USB devices (‘AskWebUsb’) by default, and users can change this setting.

Solution

Set the policy value for ‘Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Content settings/Control use of the WebUSB API’ to enabled’ and select ‘Do not allow any site to request access to USB devices via the WebUSB API’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Edge_V1R4_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|CM-7a.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000381
• Rule-ID|SV-235742r626523_rule
• STIG-ID|EDGE-00-000025
• Vuln-ID|V-235742

Source

• Tenable.com/audits