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V-277029CAT II — Medium severitySV-277029r1148539_rule

The macOS system must enforce screen saver password.

Rule version APPL-26-000002 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Users must authenticate when unlocking the screen saver.

The screen saver acts as a session lock and prevents unauthorized users from accessing the current user's account.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to prompt users to enter a password to unlock the screen saver with the following command:

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

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

Fix

Configure the macOS system to prompt users to enter a password to unlock the screen saver by installing the "com.apple.screensaver" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-277029
Group title
SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009
Rule ID
SV-277029r1148539_rule
Check ID
C-81184r1148537_chk
Fix ID
F-81089r1148538_fix