Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V2 · R4

CurrentPublished Wed Oct 01 2025

The macOS system must prevent Apple Watch from terminating a session lock.

Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The macOS system must prevent Apple Watch from terminating a session lock.

Description

Discussion Text

Disabling Apple watches is a necessary step to ensuring that the information system retains a session lock until the user reestablishes access using authorized identification and authentication procedures.

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Objective

V-259418

Rule

SV-259418r958400_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

APPL-14-000001

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify the macOS system is configured to prevent Apple Watch from terminating a session lock with the following command:

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

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

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to prevent Apple Watch from terminating a session lock by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

STIG check 1 of 156 in the Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) STIG checklist

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