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V-277090CAT II — Medium severitySV-277090r1148722_rule

The macOS system must disable Internet Sharing.

Rule version APPL-26-002007 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

If the system does not require Internet Sharing, support for it is nonessential and must be disabled.

The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling Internet Sharing helps prevent unauthorized connection of devices, transfer of information, and tunneling.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Internet Sharing with the following command:

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

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

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable Internet Sharing by installing the "com.apple.MCX" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-277090
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-277090r1148722_rule
Check ID
C-81245r1148720_chk
Fix ID
F-81150r1148721_fix