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Update: Apple has acknowledged the issue and is working on it. Statement and workaround below.
Wow, this is a bad one. On Macs running the latest version of High Sierra — 10.13.1 (17B48) — it appears that anyone can log in just by putting “root” in the user name field. This is a huge, huge problem. Apple will fix it probably within hours, but holy moly. Do not leave your Mac unattended until this is resolved.
The bug is most easily accessed by going to Preferences and then entering one of the panels that has a lock in the lower left-hand corner. Normally you’d click that to enter your user name and password, which are required to change important settings like those in Security & Privacy.
No need to do that any more! Just enter “root” instead of your user name and hit enter. After a few tries, it should log right in. There’s no need to do this yourself to verify it. Doing so creates a “root” account that others may be able to take advantage of if you don’t disable it.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security