Web Bluetooth API must be disabled.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Control whether websites can access nearby Bluetooth devices. Access can be blocked completely or the site required to ask the user each time it wants to access a Bluetooth device. If this policy is not configured, the default value ('AskWebBluetooth', meaning users are asked each time) is used and users can change it. Policy options mapping: - BlockWebBluetooth (2) = Do not allow any site to request access to Bluetooth devices via the Web Bluetooth API. - AskWebBluetooth (3) = Allow sites to ask the user to grant access to a nearby Bluetooth device.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-235744r960963_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Content settings/Control use of the Web Bluetooth API" to "enabled" with the option value set to "Do not allow any site to request access to Bluetooth devices via the Web Bluetooth API.