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V-277096CAT II — Medium severitySV-277096r1148740_rule

The macOS system must disable iCloud Address Book.

Rule version APPL-26-002014 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

The macOS built-in Contacts.app connection to Apple's 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 contact synchronization must be controlled by an organization-approved service.

Check

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

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

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

Fix

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

Identifiers

Group ID
V-277096
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-277096r1148740_rule
Check ID
C-81251r1148738_chk
Fix ID
F-81156r1148739_fix