The macOS system must enforce installation of XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper updates automatically.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-268571	SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227	APPL-15-005130	SV-268571r1034653_rule	2025-02-20	1

Description
Software Update must be configured to update XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper automatically. This setting enforces definition updates for XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper. With this setting in place, new malware and adware that Apple has added to the list of malware or untrusted software will not execute. These updates do not require the computer to be restarted. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207005 NOTE: Software update will automatically update XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper by default in the macOS.

Description

Software Update must be configured to update XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper automatically. This setting enforces definition updates for XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper. With this setting in place, new malware and adware that Apple has added to the list of malware or untrusted software will not execute. These updates do not require the computer to be restarted. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207005 NOTE: Software update will automatically update XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper by default in the macOS.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the macOS system is configured to enforce installation of XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper updates automatically with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SoftwareUpdate')\ .objectForKey('ConfigDataInstall').js EOS If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the macOS system to enforce installation of XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper updates automatically by installing the "com.apple.SoftwareUpdate" configuration profile.