EIDSCA.AP09: Default Authorization Settings - Allow user consent on risk-based apps.

ID	EIDSCA.AP09
Severity	High
Suite	EIDSCA
Product	Entra ID
Feature	App consent and permissions
Security area	Applications and workload identities
Resource type	Tenant
User impact of fixing	Low
Effort to fix	Low
Framework controls	nist-800-53-r5:AC-6(10) Least Privilege | Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions nist-800-53-r5:CM-5 Access Restrictions for Change
MITRE ATT&CK	T1528, T1566.002
Reads from	Microsoft Graph

What this checks and how to fix it

Indicates whether user consent for risky apps is allowed. For example, consent requests for newly registered multi-tenant apps that are not publisher verified and require non-basic permissions are considered risky.

Configure risk-based step-up consent - Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Learn

Test script

https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/policies/authorizationPolicy
.allowUserConsentForRiskyApps -eq 'false'

Related links

• Open in Graph Explorer
• authorizationPolicy resource type - Microsoft Graph v1.0 | Microsoft Learn
• View in Microsoft Entra admin center

MITRE ATT&CK

mindmap
  root{{MITRE ATT&CK}}
    (Tactic)
      TA0001 - Initial Access - Initial Access
      TA0005 - Defense Evasion - Stealth
      TA0006 - Credential Access - Credential Access
      TA0008 - Lateral Movement - Lateral Movement
    (Mitigation)
      M1017 - User Training
      M1018 - User Account Management
    (Technique)
      T1566.002 - Phishing: Spearphishing Link
      T1078 - Valid Accounts
      T1550 - Use Alternate Authentication Material
      T1528 - Steal Application Access Token

Tactic	Technique	Mitigation
TA0001 - Initial Access - Initial Access TA0005 - Defense Evasion - Stealth TA0006 - Credential Access - Credential Access TA0008 - Lateral Movement - Lateral Movement	T1566.002 - Phishing: Spearphishing Link T1078 - Valid Accounts T1550 - Use Alternate Authentication Material T1528 - Steal Application Access Token	M1017 - User Training M1018 - User Account Management

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Mito check, based on EIDSCA. Author: Cloud-Architekt. Open-source licences.