The macOS system must disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-259494	SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083	APPL-14-002021	SV-259494r958564_rule	2024-12-04	2

Description
The ability to submit diagnostic data to Apple must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling the submission of diagnostic and usage information will mitigate the risk of unwanted data being sent to Apple. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083,SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

ℹ️ Check
Verify the macOS system is configured to disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS function run() { let pref1 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SubmitDiagInfo')\ .objectForKey('AutoSubmit').js let pref2 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\ .objectForKey('allowDiagnosticSubmission').js if ( pref1 == false && pref2 == false ){ return("true") } else { return("false") } } EOS If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS function run() { let pref1 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SubmitDiagInfo')\ .objectForKey('AutoSubmit').js let pref2 = $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\ .objectForKey('allowDiagnosticSubmission').js if ( pref1 == false && pref2 == false ){ return("true") } else { return("false") } } EOS If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the macOS system to disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.