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V-268503CAT II — Medium severitySV-268503r1034449_rule

The macOS system must disable iCloud Bookmarks.

Rule version APPL-15-002042 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

The macOS built-in Safari.app bookmark synchronization via the iCloud service must be disabled.

Apple's iCloud service does not provide an organization with enough control over the storage and access of data and, therefore, automated bookmark synchronization must be controlled by an organization-approved service.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable iCloud Bookmarks with the following command:

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

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

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable iCloud Bookmarks by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-268503
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-268503r1034449_rule
Check ID
C-72533r1034447_chk
Fix ID
F-72434r1034448_fix