---
id: icloud_shared_photo_stream_disable
title: Ensure Shared Photo Stream is set to Disabled
discussion: |
  If a user is able to configure the security setting, the user could inadvertently or maliciously set it to a value that poses unacceptable risk to DoD information systems. An adversary could exploit vulnerabilities created by the weaker configuration to compromise DoD sensitive information.
references:
  nist:
    cce:
      ios_27:
        - CCE-XXXXX-X
      ios_26:
        - CCE-95636-7
      ios_18:
        - CCE-94420-7
      ios_17:
        - CCE-93406-7
    800-53r5:
      - AC-20
      - AC-20(1)
      - CM-7
      - CM-7(1)
      - SC-7(10)
  disa:
    cci:
      - CCI-000097
      - CCI-000366
      - CCI-000370
    disa_stig:
      ios_26:
        - AIOS-26-003500
      ios_18:
        - AIOS-18-003500
      ios_17:
        - AIOS-17-003500
    sfr:
      - 'FMT_MOF_EXT.1.2 #40'
    cmmc:
      - AC.L1-B.1.III
      - AC.L2-3.1.20
      - CM.L2-3.4.6
      - CM.L2-3.4.7
  bsi:
    indigo:
      ios_26:
        - ANNEX D (Section 5.4 - iCloud restrictions)
        - ANNEX K
      ios_18:
        - ANNEX D (Section 5.4 - iCloud restrictions)
        - ANNEX K
      ios_17:
        - ANNEX D (Section 5.4 - iCloud restrictions)
        - ANNEX K
platforms:
  iOS:
    '27.0': {}
    '26.0':
      supervised: false
      benchmarks:
        - name: ios_stig
          severity: medium
        - name: indigo_high
          severity: medium
    '18.0':
      supervised: false
      benchmarks:
        - name: ios_stig
          severity: medium
        - name: indigo_high
          severity: medium
    '17.0':
      supervised: false
      benchmarks:
        - name: ios_stig
          severity: medium
        - name: indigo_high
          severity: medium
    introduced: '6.0'
tags:
  - 800-53r5_low
  - 800-53r5_moderate
  - 800-53r5_high
  - cmmc_lvl1
  - cmmc_lvl2
  - cmmc_lvl3
  - cnssi-1253_moderate
  - cnssi-1253_low
  - cnssi-1253_high
mobileconfig_info:
  - PayloadType: com.apple.applicationaccess
    PayloadContent:
      - allowSharedStream: false
