STIG V-268421 | The macOS system must enforce screen ...

macOS 15 - Sequoia

The macOS system must enforce screen saver password

STIG ID: APPL-15-000002 | SRG: SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-000056 | Vulnerability ID: V-268421

Description

Users must authenticate when unlocking the screen saver.The screen saver acts as a session lock and prevents unauthorized users from accessing the current user's account.

Check

C-268421r1034203_chk

Verify the macOS system is configured to prompt users to enter a password to unlock the screen saver with the following command:/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.screensaver')\.objectForKey('askForPassword').jsEOSIf the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Fix

F-72352r1034202_fix

Configure the macOS system to prompt users to enter a password to unlock the screen saver by installing the "com.apple.screensaver" configuration profile.