The macOS system must disable the Bluetooth System Settings pane.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-268532	APPL-15-002260	SV-268532r1034536_rule		Medium

Description

The Bluetooth System Setting pane must be disabled to prevent access to the Bluetooth configuration.

STIG	Date
Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2025-05-05

Details

Check Text (C-72562r1034534_chk)

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable the Bluetooth 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.BluetoothSettings

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

Fix Text (F-72463r1034535_fix)

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