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V-268479CAT II — Medium severitySV-268479r1268226_rule

The macOS system must disable Network File System (NFS) service.

Rule version APPL-15-002003 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Support for NFS services is nonessential and, therefore, must be disabled. Enabling any service increases the attack surface for an intruder. By disabling unnecessary services, the attack surface is minimized.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable NFS service with the following command:

/bin/launchctl print-disabled system | /usr/bin/grep -c '"com.apple.nfsd" => disabled'

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

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable NFS service with the following command:

/bin/launchctl disable system/com.apple.nfsd

The system may need to be restarted for the update to take effect.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-268479
Group title
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
Rule ID
SV-268479r1268226_rule
Check ID
C-72509r1034375_chk
Fix ID
F-72410r1034376_fix