STIG V-268493 | The macOS system must disable Siri

macOS 15 - Sequoia

The macOS system must disable Siri

STIG ID: APPL-15-002020 | SRG: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-000381 | Vulnerability ID: V-268493

Description

Support for Siri is nonessential and must be disabled.The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Enabling any service increases the attack surface for an intruder. By disabling unnecessary services, the attack surface is minimized.

Check

C-268493r1034419_chk

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Siri with the following command:/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\.objectForKey('allowAssistant').jsEOSIf the result is not "false", this is a finding.

Fix

F-72424r1034418_fix

Configure the macOS system to disable Siri by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.