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Check: APPL-15-005150

Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) STIG: APPL-15-005150 (in versions v1 r4 through v1 r1)

Title

The macOS system must disable Apple Intelligence Image Generation. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Apple Intelligence features that use off-device artificial intelligence must be disabled. Use of off-device AI poses a data loss risk.

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Apple Intelligence Image Generation with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\ .objectForKey('allowImagePlayground').js EOS If the result is not "false", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable Apple Intelligence Image Generation by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-268573r1034659_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-268573

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

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000381	Configure the system to provide only organization-defined mission essential capabilities.

Controls

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

Number	Title
CM-7	Least Functionality