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1.151 APPL-15-005070

Information

The macOS system must enable Authenticated Root.

GROUP ID: V-268565
RULE ID: SV-268565r1034635

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/23761

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-268565r1034635_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-15-005070, Vuln-ID|V-268565

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 60aeefa19b15aaec675f6ffcc23916b6720b4a87d2613c3cbdeeebfc80159700