STIGQter: STIG Summary: Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 7 Benchmark Date: 01 Apr 2026:

The macOS system must configure audit failure notification.

DISA Rule

SV-268469r1038966_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-268469

Group Title

SRG-OS-000047-GPOS-00023

Rule Version

APPL-15-001031

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000140 - Take organization-defined actions upon audit failure include, shutting down the system, overwriting oldest audit records, and stopping the generation of audit records.
• CCI-001858 - Provide an alert in an organization-defined real-time-period to organization-defined personnel, roles, and/or locations when organization-defined audit failure events requiring real-time alerts occur.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure the macOS system to produce audit failure notification with the following command:

/usr/bin/sed -i.bak 's/logger -p/logger -s -p/' /etc/security/audit_warn; /usr/sbin/audit -s

Check Contents

Verify the macOS system is configured to produce audit failure notification with the following command:

/usr/bin/grep -c "logger -s -p" /etc/security/audit_warn

If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-268469

Documentable

False

Rule Version

APPL-15-001031

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the macOS system is configured to produce audit failure notification with the following command:

/usr/bin/grep -c "logger -s -p" /etc/security/audit_warn

If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5661