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1.122 APPL-15-003012

Information

The macOS system must disable password hints.

GROUP ID: V-268539
RULE ID: SV-268539r1034557

Password hints must be disabled.

Password hints leak information about passwords that are currently in use and can lead to loss of confidentiality.

Solution

Configure the macOS system to disable password hints by installing the "com.apple.loginwindow" configuration profile.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26537

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-6, CCI|CCI-000206, Rule-ID|SV-268539r1034557_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-15-003012, Vuln-ID|V-268539

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 0c62b148dbe12b6665181d5f7caae6c646a26832fb00e9f361422e7198babe56