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The macOS system must disable hot corners.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-268424APPL-15-000007SV-268424r1034212_ruleCCI-000060medium
Description
Hot corners must be disabled. The information system conceals, via the session lock, information previously visible on the display with a publicly viewable image. Although hot corners can be used to initiate a session lock or to launch useful applications, they can also be configured to disable an automatic session lock from initiating. Such a configuration introduces the risk that a user might forget to manually lock the screen before stepping away from the computer.
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-24.1Pattern-Hiding Displays
1.00
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-11Re-authentication
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

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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-000060
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-268424r1034212_chk)

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable hot corners with the following command: /usr/bin/profiles -P -o stdout | /usr/bin/grep -Ec '"wvous-bl-corner" = 0|"wvous-br-corner" = 0|"wvous-tl-corner" = 0|"wvous-tr-corner" = 0' If the result is not "4", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-72355r1034211_fix)

Configure the macOS system to disable hot corners by installing the "com.apple.ManagedClient.preferences" configuration profile.