The macOS system must disable the TouchID prompt during Setup Assistant.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-277169 | APPL-26-005054 | SV-277169r1149400_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| The prompt for TouchID during Setup Assistant must be disabled. macOS prompts new users through enabling TouchID during Setup Assistant; this is not essential and, therefore, must be disabled to prevent the risk of individuals electing to enable TouchID to override organizationwide settings. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Apple macOS 26 (Tahoe) Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-02-11 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-277169r1149400_chk)
Verify the macOS system is configured to disable the TouchID prompt during Setup Assistant with the following command:
/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript 2>/dev/null << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed')\
.objectForKey('SkipSetupItems').containsObject("Biometric")
EOS
If the result is not "true", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-81229r1148958_fix)
Configure the macOS system to disable the TouchID prompt during Setup Assistant by installing the "com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed" configuration profile.