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1.149 APPL-14-005070

Information

The macOS system must enable Authenticated Root.

GROUP ID: V-259570RULE ID: SV-259570r958472

Authenticated Root must be enabled.

When Authenticated Root is enabled the macOS is booted from a signed volume that is cryptographically protected to prevent tampering with the system volume.

Note: Authenticated Root is enabled by default on macOS systems.

WARNING: If more than one partition with macOS is detected, the csrutil command will hang awaiting input.

Solution

Configure the macOS system to enable authenticated root with the following command:

/usr/bin/csrutil authenticated-root enable

Note: To reenable "Authenticated Root", boot the affected system into "Recovery" mode, launch "Terminal" from the "Utilities" menu, and run the command.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/24070

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-259570r958472_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-14-005070, Vuln-ID|V-259570

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: ec50287d5532f73246471d1c95bfa2b78b26db35412089afe40981d4055d4c9f