The macOS system must disable Genmoji AI Creation.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-277182 | APPL-26-005140 | SV-277182r1149416_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Apple Intelligence features such as Genmoji must be disabled. Using off-device AI poses a data loss risk. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Apple macOS 26 (Tahoe) Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-02-11 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-277182r1149416_chk)
Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Genmoji with the following command:
/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\
.objectForKey('allowGenmoji').js
EOS
If the result is not "false", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-81242r1148997_fix)
Configure the macOS system to disable Genmoji by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.