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macOS APPL-26-002038

DISA STIG APPL-26-002038 (CAT I): The macOS system must disable Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) service.

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APPL-26-002038 CAT I

The macOS system must disable Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) service.

NIST SP 800-53: AC-3, AC-17, IA-5(1)

mSCP rule os_tftpd_disable · in 800-171, 800-53r5_high, 800-53r5_low, 800-53r5_moderate, DISA-STIG, all_rules, cisv8, cmmc_lvl1…

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable TFTP service with the following command: result="FAIL" enabled=$(/bin/launchctl print-disabled system | /usr/bin/grep '"com.apple.tftpd" => enabled') running=$(/bin/launchctl print system/com.apple.tftpd 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 TFTP service with the following commands: /bin/launchctl bootout system/com.apple.tftpd /bin/launchctl disable system/com.apple.tftpd The system may need a restart for the update to take effect.

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