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V-268557CAT II — Medium severitySV-268557r1034611_rule

The macOS system must enable macOS Application Firewall.

Rule version APPL-15-005050 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

The macOS Application Firewall is the built-in firewall that comes with macOS, and it must be enabled.

When the macOS Application Firewall is enabled, the flow of information within the information system and between interconnected systems will be controlled by approved authorizations.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to enable the Application Firewall with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.security.firewall')\ .objectForKey('EnableFirewall').js EOS

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

Fix

Configure the macOS system to enable the Application Firewall by installing the "com.apple.security.firewall" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-268557
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00232
Rule ID
SV-268557r1034611_rule
Check ID
C-72587r1034609_chk
Fix ID
F-72488r1034610_fix