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V-259522

CAT II (Medium)

The macOS system must disable content caching service.

Rule ID

SV-259522r958478_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R3

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

Content caching must be disabled. Content caching is a macOS service that helps reduce internet data usage and speed up software installation on Mac computers. It is not recommended for devices furnished to employees to act as a caching server.

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable content caching service with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\
.objectForKey('allowContentCaching').js
EOS

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

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable content caching service by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.