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Check: APPL-14-002051

Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) STIG: APPL-14-002051 (in versions v1 r2 through v1 r1)

Title

The macOS system must disable the TouchID System Settings pane. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The System Settings pane for TouchID must be disabled. Disabling the System Settings pane prevents the users from configuring TouchID.

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable the TouchID System Settings pane 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.Touch-ID-Settings.extension" If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable the TouchID System Settings pane by installing the "com.apple.systempreferences" configuration profile.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-259506r941140_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-259506

Group Title: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000381	The organization configures the information system to provide only essential capabilities.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.

Number	Title
CM-7	Least Functionality