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APPL-26-001044 - The macOS system must be configured to audit all authorization and authentication events.
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The auditing system must be configured to flag authorization and authentication (aa) events.Authentication events contain information about the identity of a user, server, or client. Authorization events contain information about permissions, rights, and rules. If audit records do not include aa events, it is difficult to identify incidents and correlate incidents to subsequent events.
Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., via a module or policy filter).
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000365-GPOS-00152, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203, SRG-OS-000463-GPOS-00207, SRG-OS-000465-GPOS-00209, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000467-GPOS-00211, SRG-OS-000468-GPOS-00212, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00216, SRG-OS-000475-GPOS-00220, SRG-OS-000477-GPOS-00222
Solution
Configure the macOS system to audit login events with the following command:/usr/bin/grep -qE "^flags.*[^-]aa" /etc/security/audit_control || /usr/bin/sed -i.bak '/^flags/ s/$/,aa/' /etc/security/audit_control; /usr/sbin/audit -s
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_macOS_26_V1R1_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Apple macOS 26 Tahoe STIG v1r1
References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000172, CCI|CCI-002884, CCI|CCI-003938, Rule-ID|SV-277077r1148683_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-26-001044, Vuln-ID|V-277077
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 09eee9b40d732cecede72c7526b52f088e76c237519b4a5fd88a0702193cd579