macOS 15 - Sequoia

The macOS system must enable gatekeeper

STIG ID: APPL-15-002064 | SRG: SRG-OS-000366-GPOS-00153 | Severity: High | CCI: CCI-003992 | Vulnerability ID: V-268511

Description

Gatekeeper must be enabled.Gatekeeper is a security feature that ensures that applications are digitally signed by an Apple-issued certificate before they are permitted to run. Digital signatures allow the macOS host to verify the application has not been modified by a malicious third party.Administrator users will still have the option to override these settings on a case-by-case basis.

Check

C-268511r1034473_chk

Verify the macOS system is configured to enable gatekeeper with the following command:/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.systempolicy.control')\.objectForKey('EnableAssessment').jsEOSIf the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Fix

F-72442r1034472_fix

Configure the macOS system to enable gatekeeper by installing the "com.apple.systempolicy.control" configuration profile.