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V-268506CAT II — Medium severitySV-268506r1034458_rule

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

Rule version APPL-15-002052 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

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

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

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

Identifiers

Group ID
V-268506
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-268506r1034458_rule
Check ID
C-72536r1034456_chk
Fix ID
F-72437r1034457_fix