macOS 26 - Tahoe

The macOS system must disable Apple Intelligence during Setup Assistant

STIG ID: APPL-26-005170 | SRG: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-000381 | Vulnerability ID: V-279329

Description

The prompt for Apple Intelligence setup during Setup Assistant must be disabled.

Disabling Apple watches is a necessary step to ensuring the information system retains a session lock until the user reestablishes access using authorized identification and authentication procedures.

Check

C-83880r1149388_chk

Verify the macOS system is configured to skip Apple Intelligence during Setup Assistant with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript 2>/dev/null << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed')\
.objectForKey('SkipSetupItems').containsObject("Intelligence")
EOS

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

Fix

F-83785r1149389_fix

Configure the macOS system to disable Unlock with Apple Watch during Setup Assistant by installing the "com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed" configuration profile.