macOS 26 - Tahoe

The macOS system must disable the System Settings pane for Wallet and Apple Pay

STIG ID: APPL-26-002052 | SRG: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-000381 | Vulnerability ID: V-277115

Description

The System Settings pane for Wallet and Apple Pay must be disabled.

Disabling the System Settings pane prevents users from configuring Wallet and Apple Pay. Enabling any service increases the attack surface for an intruder. By disabling unnecessary services, the attack surface is minimized.

Check

C-81270r1148795_chk

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable the System Settings pane for Wallet and Apple Pay 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.WalletSettingsExtension"

If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix

F-81175r1148796_fix

Configure the macOS system to disable the System Settings pane for Wallet and Apple Pay by installing the "com.apple.systempreferences" configuration profile.