• Tenable
  • Audits
  • Settings
    Links
    Tenable Cloud Tenable Community & Support Tenable University
    Theme
  • Tenable
  • Plugins
  • Overview
  • Plugins Pipeline
  • Newest
  • Updated
  • Search
  • Nessus Families
  • WAS Families
  • NNM Families
  • Tenable OT Security Families
  • Tenable Cloud Security Families
  • Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Families
  • About Plugin Families
  • Release Notes
  • Audits
  • Overview
  • Newest
  • Updated
  • Search Audit Files
  • Search Items
  • References
  • Authorities
  • Documentation
  • Download All Audit Files
  • Indicators
  • Overview
  • Search
  • Indicators of Attack
  • Indicators of Exposure
  • Release Notes
  • CVEs
  • Overview
  • Newest
  • Updated
  • Search
  • Attack Path Techniques
  • Overview
  • Search
    • Links
    • Tenable Cloud
    • Tenable Community & Support
    • Tenable University
    • Settings
    • Theme
Detections
  • Plugins
  • Overview
  • Plugins Pipeline
  • Release Notes
  • Newest
  • Updated
  • Search
  • Nessus Families
  • WAS Families
  • NNM Families
  • Tenable OT Security Families
  • Tenable Cloud Security Families
  • Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Families
  • About Plugin Families
  • Audits
  • Overview
  • Newest
  • Updated
  • Search Audit Files
  • Search Items
  • References
  • Authorities
  • Documentation
  • Download All Audit Files
  • Indicators
  • Overview
  • Search
  • Indicators of Attack
  • Indicators of Exposure
  • Release Notes
Analytics
  • CVEs
  • Overview
  • Newest
  • Updated
  • Search
  • Attack Path Techniques
  • Overview
  • Search
  1. Audits
  2. Items
  3. APPL-15-002240 - The macOS system must disable Printer Sharing.
  1. Items

APPL-15-002240 - The macOS system must disable Printer Sharing.

Information

Printer Sharing must be disabled.

Solution

Configure the macOS system to disable Printer Sharing with the following commands:

/usr/sbin/cupsctl --no-share-printers
/usr/bin/lpstat -p | awk '{print $2}'| /usr/bin/xargs -I{} lpadmin -p {} -o printer-is-shared=false

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_macOS_15_V1R7_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA Apple macOS 15 Sequoia STIG v1r7

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-268530r1034530_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-15-002240, Vuln-ID|V-268530

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 0fb046ff054124277e19a012601025c526c3d52f778613762f204a2f1802212d

  • Tenable.com
  • Community & Support
  • Documentation
  • Education
  • © 2026 Tenable®, Inc. All Rights Reserved
  • Privacy Policy
  • Legal
  • 508 Compliance