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V-268506

CAT II (Medium)

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

Rule ID

SV-268506r1034458_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R7

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

The System Settings pane for Wallet and Apple Pay must be disabled. Disabling the System Settings pane prevents the 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 Content

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 Text

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