The macOS system must authorize USB devices before allowing connection.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-259572	SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163	APPL-14-005090	SV-259572r986236_rule	2024-12-04	2

Description
USB devices connected to a Mac must be authorized. [IMPORTANT] ==== This feature is removed if a smart card is paired or smart card attribute mapping is configured. ====

ℹ️ Check
Verify the macOS system is configured to authorize USB devices before allowing connection with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS function run() { let pref1 = ObjC.unwrap($.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\ .objectForKey('allowUSBRestrictedMode')) if ( pref1 == false ) { return("false") } else { return("true") } } EOS If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to authorize USB devices before allowing connection with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS function run() { let pref1 = ObjC.unwrap($.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\ .objectForKey('allowUSBRestrictedMode')) if ( pref1 == false ) { return("false") } else { return("true") } } EOS If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the macOS system to authorize USB devices before allowing connection by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.