The macOS system must disable the TouchID System Settings pane.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-259506 | SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | APPL-14-002051 | SV-259506r958478_rule | 2024-12-04 | 2 |
| Description |
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| The System Settings pane for TouchID must be disabled. Disabling the System Settings pane prevents the users from configuring TouchID. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| 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 |
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| Configure the macOS system to disable the TouchID System Settings pane by installing the "com.apple.systempreferences" configuration profile. |