id: os_install_configuration_profile_disable
title: Ensure Allow Installing Configuration Profiles is Set to Disabled
discussion: |
  Configuration profiles _MUST_ be installed via an organization's MDM.
references:
  nist:
    cce:
      macos_27:
        - CCE-XXXXX-X
      macos_26:
        - CCE-95177-2
      macos_15:
        - CCE-94177-3
      macos_14:
        - CCE-92777-2
      ios_27:
        - CCE-XXXXX-X 
      ios_26:
        - CCE-95484-2
      ios_18:
        - CCE-94444-7
      ios_17:
        - CCE-93429-9
      visionos_26:
        - CCE-95581-5
      visionos_27:
        - CCE-XXXXX-X
    800-53r5:
      - CM-5    
      - CM-6
      - CM-7
      - CM-7(1)
    800-171r3:
      - 03.04.05      
  disa:
    disa_stig:
      ios_26:
        - AIOS-26-015500
      ios_18:
        - AIOS-18-015500
    cmmc:
      - AU.L2-3.3.3
      - CM.L2-3.4.1
      - CM.L2-3.4.2
      - CM.L2-3.4.5      
      - CM.L2-3.4.6
      - CM.L2-3.4.7
  bsi:
    indigo:
      ios_26:
        - ANNEX K
      ios_18:
        - ANNEX D (Section 5.6.1 - Mail)
      ios_17:
        - ANNEX D (Section 5.6.1 - Mail)
  bzk:
    bio:
      - 8.27
  cis:
    benchmark:
      ios_26:
        - 3.2.1.15 (level 1 - Institutionally-Owned Devices)
      ios_18:
        - 3.2.1.15 (level 1 - Institutionally-Owned Devices)
      ios_17:
        - 3.2.1.15 (level 1 - Institutionally-Owned Devices)
    controls_v8:
      - 4.1
platforms:
  macOS:
    '27.0': {}
    '26.0': {}
    '15.0': {}
    enforcement_info:
      check:
        shell: |-
          /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
          $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\
          .objectForKey('allowUIConfigurationProfileInstallation').js
          EOS
        result:
          string: 'false'
    introduced: '13.0'
  iOS:
    '27.0':
      supervised: true
    '26.0':
      supervised: true
      benchmarks:
        - name: cis_lvl1_enterprise
        - name: cis_lvl2_enterprise
        - name: ios_stig
          severity: medium
        - name: indigo_base
          severity: medium
        - name: indigo_high
          severity: medium
        - name: nlmapgov_plus
    '18.0':
      supervised: true
      benchmarks:
        - name: cis_lvl1_enterprise
        - name: cis_lvl2_enterprise
        - name: ios_stig
          severity: medium
        - name: indigo_base
          severity: medium
        - name: indigo_high
          severity: medium
    '17.0':
      supervised: true
      benchmarks:
        - name: cis_lvl1_enterprise
        - name: cis_lvl2_enterprise
        - name: indigo_base
        - name: indigo_high
    introduced: '6.0'
  visionOS:
    '27.0':
      supervised: true
    '26.0':
      supervised: true
    introduced: '2.0'
tags:
  - 800-53r5_low
  - 800-53r5_moderate
  - 800-53r5_high
  - 800-171
  - cisv8
  - cmmc_lvl2
  - cmmc_lvl3
  - cnssi-1253_moderate
  - cnssi-1253_low
  - cnssi-1253_high
mobileconfig_info:
  - PayloadType: com.apple.applicationaccess
    PayloadContent:
      - allowUIConfigurationProfileInstallation: false
