Files
macos_security/rules/os/os_photos_enhanced_search_disable.yaml
2025-09-16 10:35:24 -04:00

50 lines
1.1 KiB
YAML

id: os_photos_enhanced_search_disable
title: Disable Photos Enhanced Visual Search
discussion: |-
Enhanced Visual Search _MUST_ be disabled in the Photos app.
The information system _MUST_ be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling Enhanced Visual Search will mitigate the risk of unwanted data being sent to Apple.
check: |
/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.photos.shareddefaults')\
.objectForKey('IPXDefaultEnhancedVisualSearchEnabled').js
EOS
result:
string: 'false'
fix: |
This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.
references:
cce:
- CCE-95254-9
cci:
- N/A
800-53r5:
- AC-20
- AC-20(1)
- CM-7
- CM-7(1)
- SC-7(10)
800-171r3:
- 03.01.20
- 03.04.06
cmmc:
- AC.L1-3.1.20
- CM.L2-3.4.6
- CM.L2-3.4.7
macOS:
- '26.0'
tags:
- 800-53r5_low
- 800-53r5_moderate
- 800-53r5_high
- 800-171
- cmmc_lvl2
- cmmc_lvl1
- cnssi-1253_moderate
- cnssi-1253_low
- cnssi-1253_high
mobileconfig: true
mobileconfig_info:
com.apple.photos.shareddefaults:
IPXDefaultEnhancedVisualSearchEnabled: false