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V-259542

CAT II (Medium)

The macOS system must disable password hints.

Rule ID

SV-259542r958470_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R3

CCIs

CCI-000206

Discussion

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

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable password hints with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.loginwindow')\
.objectForKey('RetriesUntilHint').js
EOS

If the result is not "0", this is a finding.

Fix Text

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