The macOS system must disable password autofill.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-259527 | SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | APPL-14-002190 | SV-259527r958478_rule | 2024-12-04 | 2 |
| Description |
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| Password Autofill must be disabled. macOS allows users to save passwords and use the Password Autofill feature in Safari and compatible apps. To protect against malicious users gaining access to the system, this feature must be disabled to prevent users from being prompted to save passwords in applications. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify the macOS system is configured to disable password autofill with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\ .objectForKey('allowPasswordAutoFill').js EOS If the result is not "false", this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure the macOS system to disable password autofill by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile. |