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V-268518CAT II — Medium severitySV-268518r1268226_rule

The macOS system must disable Bluetooth Sharing.

Rule version APPL-15-002110 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Bluetooth Sharing must be disabled.

Bluetooth Sharing allows users to wirelessly transmit files between the macOS and Bluetooth-enabled devices, including personally owned cellphones and tablets. A malicious user might introduce viruses or malware onto the system or extract sensitive files via Bluetooth Sharing. When Bluetooth Sharing is disabled, this risk is mitigated.

[NOTE] ==== The check and fix are for the currently logged in user. To get the currently logged in user, run the following. [source,bash] ---- CURRENT_USER=$( /usr/sbin/scutil <<< "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | /usr/bin/awk '/Name :/ && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' ) ---- ====

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048, SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Bluetooth sharing with the following commands:

CURRENT_USER=$( /usr/sbin/scutil <<< "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | /usr/bin/awk '/Name :/ && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' ) /usr/bin/sudo -u "$CURRENT_USER" /usr/bin/defaults -currentHost read com.apple.Bluetooth PrefKeyServicesEnabled

If the result is not "0", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable Bluetooth sharing with the following commands:

CURRENT_USER=$( /usr/sbin/scutil <<< "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | /usr/bin/awk '/Name :/ && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' ) /usr/bin/sudo -u "$CURRENT_USER" /usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.Bluetooth PrefKeyServicesEnabled -bool false

Identifiers

Group ID
V-268518
Group title
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
Rule ID
SV-268518r1268226_rule
Check ID
C-72548r1131232_chk
Fix ID
F-72449r1131233_fix