The macOS system must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-252522	APPL-12-003009	SV-252522r816380_rule		Medium

Description
Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements.

STIG	Date
Apple macOS 12 (Monterey) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-09-07

Details

Check Text ( C-55978r816378_chk )
To check the currently applied policies for passwords and accounts, use the following command: /usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep pinHistory If the return is not "pinHistory = 5" or greater, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-55928r816379_fix)
This setting is enforced using the "Passcode Policy" configuration profile.