The macOS system must disable Screen Sharing and Apple Remote Desktop.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-277114	SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048	APPL-26-002050	SV-277114r1149392_rule	2025-10-01	1

Description
Support for both Screen Sharing and Apple Remote Desktop is nonessential and must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling Screen Sharing and Apple Remote Desktop helps prevent unauthorized connection of devices, transfer of information, and tunneling.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Screen Sharing and Apple Remote Desktop with the following command: result="FAIL" enabled=$(/bin/launchctl print-disabled system \| /usr/bin/grep '"com.apple.screensharing" => enabled') running=$(/bin/launchctl print system/com.apple.screensharing 2>/dev/null) if [[ -z "$running" ]] && [[ -z "$enabled" ]]; then result="PASS" elif [[ -n "$running" ]]; then result=result+" RUNNING" elif [[ -n "$enabled" ]]; then result=result+" ENABLED" fi echo $result If the result is not "PASS", this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Screen Sharing and Apple Remote Desktop with the following command: result="FAIL" enabled=$(/bin/launchctl print-disabled system | /usr/bin/grep '"com.apple.screensharing" => enabled') running=$(/bin/launchctl print system/com.apple.screensharing 2>/dev/null) if [[ -z "$running" ]] && [[ -z "$enabled" ]]; then result="PASS" elif [[ -n "$running" ]]; then result=result+" RUNNING" elif [[ -n "$enabled" ]]; then result=result+" ENABLED" fi echo $result If the result is not "PASS", this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the macOS system to disable Screen Sharing and Apple Remote Desktop with the following command: /bin/launchctl bootout system/com.apple.screensharing /bin/launchctl disable system/com.apple.screensharing Note: This will apply to the whole system.