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V-277121

CAT I (High)

The macOS system must disable unattended or automatic login to the system.

Rule ID

SV-277121r1148815_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 26 (Tahoe) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-000764 CCI-000366

Discussion

Automatic login must be disabled. When automatic logins are enabled, the default user account is automatically logged on at boot time without prompting the user for a password. Even if the screen is later locked, a malicious user would be able to reboot the computer and find it already logged in. Disabling automatic logins mitigates this risk. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable unattended or automatic login to the system with the following command:

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

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

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable unattended or automatic login to the system by installing the "com.apple.loginwindow" configuration profile.