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The macOS system must enforce multifactor authentication for privilege escalation through the sudo command.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-277154APPL-26-003052SV-277154r1148914_ruleCCI-000765medium
Description
The system must be configured to enforce multifactor authentication when the sudo command is used to elevate privilege. All users must go through multifactor authentication to prevent unauthenticated access and potential compromise to the system. IMPORTANT: Modification of Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) now requires user authorization, or use of a Privacy Preferences Policy Control (PPPC) profile from MDM that authorizes modifying system administrator files or full disk access. Note: /etc/pam.d/sudo will be automatically modified to its original state following any update or major upgrade to the operating system. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000105-GPOS-00052, SRG-OS-000106-GPOS-00053, SRG-OS-000107-GPOS-00054, SRG-OS-000108-GPOS-00055, SRG-OS-000112-GPOS-00057, SRG-OS-000705-GPOS-00150
STIGDate
Apple macOS 26 (Tahoe) Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-05-23

Related Frameworks

4 mappings across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (8) 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-02.2Replay-Resistant Authentication
1.00
IAC-06Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
0.50
IAC-06.1Network Access to Privileged Accounts
0.50
IAC-06.2Network Access to Non-Privileged Accounts
0.50
IAC-06.3Local Access to Privileged Accounts
0.50
IAC-06.4Out-of-Band Multi-Factor Authentication
0.50
IAC-10.7Hardware Token-Based Authentication
0.50
TDA-02.2Information Assurance Enabled Products
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (87) 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-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-11Device Lock
1.00
AC-11(1)Pattern-hiding Displays
1.00
AC-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00

+77 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) 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.

3.5.3
1.00
3.5.4
1.00
CCI4 mappings
CCI-000765
1.00
CCI-000766
1.00
CCI-001941
1.00
CCI-004047
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 4 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.

PR.AA-04
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-277154r1148914_chk)

Verify the macOS system is configured to enforce multifactor authentication for privilege escalation through the sudo command with the following command: /usr/bin/grep -Ec '^(auth\s+sufficient\s+pam_smartcard.so|auth\s+required\s+pam_deny.so)' /etc/pam.d/sudo If the result is not "2", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-81214r1148913_fix)

Configure the macOS system to enforce multifactor authentication for privilege escalation through the sudo command with the following commands: /bin/cat > /etc/pam.d/sudo << SUDO_END # sudo: auth account password session auth sufficient pam_smartcard.so auth required pam_opendirectory.so auth required pam_deny.so account required pam_permit.so password required pam_deny.so session required pam_permit.so SUDO_END /bin/chmod 444 /etc/pam.d/sudo /usr/sbin/chown root:wheel /etc/pam.d/sudo