STIG V-268507 | The macOS system must disable the sys...

macOS 15 - Sequoia

The macOS system must disable the system settings pane for Siri

STIG ID: APPL-15-002053 | SRG: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-000381 | Vulnerability ID: V-268507

Description

The System Settings pane for Siri must be hidden.Hiding the System Settings pane prevents users from configuring Siri. Enabling any service increases the attack surface for an intruder. By disabling unnecessary services, the attack surface is minimized.

Check

C-268507r1034461_chk

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable the system settings pane for Siri with the following command:/usr/bin/profiles show -output stdout-xml | /usr/bin/xmllint --xpath '//key[text()="DisabledSystemSettings"]/following-sibling::*[1]' - | /usr/bin/grep -c com.apple.Siri-Settings.extensionIf the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix

F-72438r1034460_fix

Configure the macOS system to disable the system settings pane for Siri by installing the "com.apple.systempreferences" configuration profile.