STIGUI
V-259443CAT II — Medium severitySV-259443r1009579_rule

The macOS system must disable logon to other user's active and locked sessions.

Rule version APPL-14-000090 · STIG v2 · 2024-12-04

Discussion

The ability to log in to another user's active or locked session must be disabled.

macOS has a privilege that can be granted to any user that will allow that user to unlock active user's sessions. Disabling the admins and/or user's ability to log into another user's active and locked session prevents unauthorized persons from viewing potentially sensitive and/or personal information.

Note: Configuring this setting will disable TouchID from unlocking the screensaver.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable login to other user's active and locked sessions with the following command:

/usr/bin/security authorizationdb read system.login.screensaver 2>&1 | /usr/bin/grep -c '<string>authenticate-session-owner</string>'

If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable login to other user's active and locked sessions with the following command:

/usr/bin/security authorizationdb write system.login.screensaver "authenticate-session-owner"

Identifiers

Group ID
V-259443
Group title
SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051
Rule ID
SV-259443r1009579_rule
Check ID
C-63182r986247_chk
Fix ID
F-63090r986248_fix