The macOS system must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-230833	APPL-11-003009	SV-230833r599842_rule		Medium

Description
Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements.

STIG	Date
Apple macOS 11 (Big Sur) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-02-16

Details

Check Text ( C-33778r607386_chk )
To check the currently applied policies for passwords and accounts, use the following command: /usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep pinHistory If the return is not “pinHistory = 5” or greater, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-33751r607387_fix)
This setting is enforced using the "Passcode Policy" configuration profile.