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V-277129CAT II — Medium severitySV-277129r1148839_rule

The macOS system must disable Content Caching service.

Rule version APPL-26-002140 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Content Caching must be disabled.

Content Caching is a macOS service that helps reduce internet data usage and speed up software installation on Mac computers. It is not recommended for devices furnished to employees to act as a caching server.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Content Caching service with the following command:

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

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

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable Content Caching service by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-277129
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-277129r1148839_rule
Check ID
C-81284r1148837_chk
Fix ID
F-81189r1148838_fix