Endpoint Privilege Management for Mac 23.1 release notes

February 28, 2023

New features and enhancements:

• The PM Cloud policy editor has a toggle to enable biometric authentication for messages on macOS endpoints. This is so customers can have granular control of which messages allow Touch ID and which do not.
• Workstyles and application definitions can be enabled and disabled granularly.
• Improvements to core components to prevent macOS upgrades to hang or stop during the update screen.
• There is a patch to the Endpoint Privilege Management for Mac sudo plugin to counteract a sudoedit vulnerability in macOS that could lead to privilege escalation by editing unauthorized files.

Issues resolved:

• Added new system preference rules in the QuickStart template because on Ventura some settings weren’t matching and/or triggering authorization messages.
• Resolved an issue in which users were prompted to enter a PIN even after entering a password, when the authentication type in the policy was set to any with sudo commands.
• The audit log functionality now rotates, by default, through a separate newsyslog configuration file.
• Resolved an issue with the authorization message displaying when clicking the TouchID Cancel button.
• Resolved an issue with the Sourcetree application hanging for users with Endpoint Privilege Management for Mac installed.
• Resolved an issue with an installation error that displayed when a standard user tried to install Notion using the Endpoint Privilege Management for Mac Finder extension.
• Resolved an issue with Korean display name not authorizing because the name wasn't recognized.
• Resolved an issue in which time and date format could become misconfigured, which prevented the BeyondInsight adapter from communicating with the server.

Compatibility:

• Endpoint Privilege Management Policy Editor 23.1
• Endpoint Privilege Management ePO Extension 22.7
• Endpoint Privilege Management Cloud Adapter 23.1
• BeyondInsight Adapter 23.1
• BeyondInsight 22.4
• McAfee Trellix Agent 5.7

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Note

If you have a business requirement to downgrade the Mac client, please first uninstall the currently installed version.

Supported Operating Systems:

• macOS 13 Ventura
• macOS 12 Monterey
• macOS 11 Big Sur

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For more information about compatibility, see Privilege Management for Windows and Mac: Supported Versions and Operating System Compatibility.