EIDSCA.PR03: Default Settings - Password Rule Settings - Enforce custom list.
| ID | EIDSCA.PR03 |
| Severity | Medium |
| Suite | EIDSCA |
| Product | Entra ID |
| Feature | Password protection |
| Security area | Authentication |
| Resource type | Tenant |
| User impact of fixing | Low |
| Effort to fix | Low |
| Framework controls | nist-800-53-r5:IA-5(1) Authenticator Management | Password-based Authentication |
| MITRE ATT&CK | T1110 |
| Reads from | Microsoft Graph |
| Licence needed | AAD_PREMIUM |
What this checks and how to fix it
Section titled “What this checks and how to fix it”When enabled, the words in the list below are used in the banned password system to prevent easy-to-guess passwords.
Password protection in Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Learn
Test script
Section titled “Test script”https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/settings.values -eq 'True'Related links
Section titled “Related links”- Open in Graph Explorer
- directorySetting resource type - Microsoft Graph beta | Microsoft Learn
- View in Microsoft Entra admin center
MITRE ATT&CK
Section titled “MITRE ATT&CK”mindmap root{{MITRE ATT&CK}} (Tactic) TA0006 - Credential Access - Credential Access (Mitigation) M1018 - User Account Management M1027 - Password Policies (Technique) T1110 - Brute Force| Tactic | Technique | Mitigation |
|---|---|---|
| TA0006 - Credential Access - Credential Access | T1110 - Brute Force | M1018 - User Account Management M1027 - Password Policies |
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