STIGUI
V-268507CAT II — Medium severitySV-268507r1034461_rule

The macOS system must disable the system settings pane for Siri.

Rule version APPL-15-002053 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

The System Settings pane for Siri must be hidden.

Hiding the System Settings pane prevents users from configuring Siri. 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 Siri 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.Siri-Settings.extension

If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable the system settings pane for Siri by installing the "com.apple.systempreferences" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-268507
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-268507r1034461_rule
Check ID
C-72537r1034459_chk
Fix ID
F-72438r1034460_fix