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APPL-15-000090 The macOS system must disable login to other users' active and locked sessions.

DISA STIG library V1R8
All changes in this version
first version loaded CAT II

Maps to IA-2, IA-2(5) via CCI-000764, CCI-004045

Title

The macOS system must disable login to other users' active and locked sessions.

Control

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable login to other users' active and locked sessions with the following command: /usr/bin/security authorizationdb read system.login.screensaver 2>&1 | /usr/bin/grep -c 'authenticate-session-owner' If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Discussion

The ability to log in to another user's active or locked session must be disabled. WARNING: This rule may cause issues when platformSSO is configured. macOS has a privilege that can be granted to any user that will allow that user to unlock active users' sessions. Disabling the administrator's and/or user's ability to log in to another user's active and locked session prevents unauthorized people from viewing potentially sensitive and/or personal information. Note: Configuring this setting will change the user experience and disable TouchID from unlocking the screen saver. To restore the user experience and allow TouchID to unlock the screen saver, run "/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow screenUnlockMode -int 1". This setting can also be deployed with a configuration profile. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051, SRG-OS-000109-GPOS-00056

Related controls

CCI-000764, CCI-004045

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable login to other users' active and locked sessions with the following command: /usr/bin/security authorizationdb write system.login.screensaver "authenticate-session-owner"