macOS 15 - Sequoia

The macOS system must disable Airplay Receiver

STIG ID: APPL-15-002080 | SRG: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-000381,CCI-001443 | Vulnerability ID: V-268515

Description

Airplay Receiver allows users to send content from one Apple device to be displayed on the screen as it is being played from another device.Support for Airplay Receiver is nonessential and must be disabled.The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities.Satisfies: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049, SRG-OS-000300-GPOS-00118

Check

C-268515r1034485_chk

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

Fix

F-72446r1034484_fix

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