macOS 26 - Tahoe

The macOS system must issue or obtain public key certificates from an approved service provider

STIG ID: APPL-26-003001 | SRG: SRG-OS-000403-GPOS-00182 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-002470 | Vulnerability ID: V-277143

Description

The organization must issue or obtain public key certificates from an organization-approved service provider and ensure only approved trust anchors are in the System Keychain.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000403-GPOS-00182, SRG-OS-000775-GPOS-00230

Check

C-81298r1148879_chk

Verify the macOS system is configured to issue or obtain public key certificates from an approved service provider with the following command:

/usr/bin/security dump-keychain /Library/Keychains/System.keychain | /usr/bin/awk -F'"' '/labl/ {print $4}'

If the result does not contain a list of approved certificate authorities, this is a finding.

Fix

F-81203r1148880_fix

Configure the macOS system to issue or obtain public key certificates from an approved service provider by obtaining the approved certificates from the appropriate authority and install them to the System Keychain.