The macOS system must disable the System Settings pane for Wallet and Apple Pay.

STIG ID: APPL-15-002052  |  SRG: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 |  Severity: medium |  CCI: CCI-000381 |  Vulnerability Id: V-268506

Vulnerability Discussion

The System Settings pane for Wallet and Apple Pay must be disabled.

Disabling the System Settings pane prevents the users from configuring Wallet and Apple Pay. Enabling any service increases the attack surface for an intruder. By disabling unnecessary services, the attack surface is minimized.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable the System Settings pane for Wallet and Apple Pay 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.WalletSettingsExtension"

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

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable the System Settings pane for Wallet and Apple Pay by installing the "com.apple.systempreferences" configuration profile.
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