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The macOS system must enforce session lock no more than five seconds after screen saver is started.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-268422APPL-15-000003SV-268422r1131177_ruleCCI-000056medium
Description
A screen saver must be enabled and the system must be configured to require a password to unlock once the screen saver has been on for a maximum of five seconds. An unattended system with an excessive grace period is vulnerable to a malicious user.
STIGDate
Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-02-06

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 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.

IAC-24Session Lock
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (15) 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-11Device Lock
1.00
AC-11(1)Pattern-hiding Displays
1.00
AC-12Session Termination
1.00
AU-10Non-repudiation
1.00
IA-2Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)
1.00
IA-2(1)Multi-factor Authentication to Privileged Accounts
1.00
IA-2(12)Acceptance of PIV Credentials
1.00
IA-2(2)Multi-factor Authentication to Non-privileged Accounts
1.00
IA-2(3)Local Access to Privileged Accounts
1.00
IA-2(4)Local Access to Non-privileged Accounts
1.00

+5 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 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.

3.1.10
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000056
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-268422r1131177_chk)

Verify the macOS system is configured to initiate a session lock within five seconds of the screen saver starting with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS function run() { let delay = ObjC.unwrap($.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.screensaver')\ .objectForKey('askForPasswordDelay')) if ( delay <= 5 ) { return("true") } else { return("false") } } EOS If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-72353r1034205_fix)

Configure the macOS system to initiate a session lock within five seconds of the screen saver starting by installing the "com.apple.screensaver" configuration profile.