The macOS system must enable Gatekeeper.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259512	APPL-14-002064	SV-259512r1009593_rule	CCI-003992	high
Description
Gatekeeper must be enabled. Gatekeeper is a security feature that ensures applications are digitally signed by an Apple-issued certificate before they are permitted to run. Digital signatures allow the macOS host to verify that the application has not been modified by a malicious third party. Administrator users will still have the option to override these settings on a case-by-case basis.
STIG			Date
Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide			2024-12-04

Related Frameworks

2 mappings across 3 frameworks

SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CHG-04.2Signed Components

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (13) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-4Audit Log Storage Capacity

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-14Signed Components

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-5(1)Automated Access Enforcement and Audit Records

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-5(3)Signed Components

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-7Least Functionality

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-7(5)Authorized Software — Allow-by-exception

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

IA-2(5)Individual Authentication with Group Authentication

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

SC-2Separation of System and User Functionality

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

SC-23Session Authenticity

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

+3 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI2 mappings

CCI-001749

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)

CCI-003992

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-259512r1009593_chk)

Verify the macOS system is configured to enable gatekeeper with the following command: /usr/sbin/spctl --status | /usr/bin/grep -c "assessments enabled" If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63159r941157_fix)

Configure the macOS system to enable gatekeeper with the following command: /usr/sbin/spctl --global-enable