Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V2 · R4

CurrentPublished Wed Oct 01 2025

The macOS system must disable the TouchID System Settings pane.

Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The macOS system must disable the TouchID System Settings pane.

Description

Discussion Text

The System Settings pane for TouchID must be disabled.

Disabling the System Settings pane prevents the users from configuring TouchID.

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Objective

V-259506

Rule

SV-259506r958478_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

APPL-14-002051

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable the TouchID System Settings pane 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.Touch-ID-Settings.extension"

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

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable the TouchID System Settings pane by installing the "com.apple.systempreferences" configuration profile.

STIG check 86 of 156 in the Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) STIG checklist

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