Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V1 · R8

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

The macOS system must disable Genmoji.

Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The macOS system must disable Genmoji.

Description

Discussion Text

Apple Intelligence features that use off-device Artificial Intelligence (AI) must be disabled.

Use of off-device AI poses a data loss risk.

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Objective

V-268572

Rule

SV-268572r1034656_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

APPL-15-005140

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Genmoji with the following command:

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

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

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable Genmoji by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

STIG check 149 of 160 in the Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) STIG checklist

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