MT.1072: Conditional Access policies should not use the deprecated Approved Client App grant.
| ID | MT.1072 |
| Severity | High |
| Suite | Mito |
| Product | Entra ID |
| Feature | Conditional Access |
| Security area | Access control |
| Resource type | ConditionalAccessPolicy |
| User impact of fixing | Medium |
| Effort to fix | Medium |
| Framework controls | nist-800-53-r5:AC-2(11) Account Management | Usage Conditionsnist-800-53-r5:IA-3 Device Identification and Authentication |
| MITRE ATT&CK | T1078.004 |
| Reads from | Microsoft Graph |
What this checks and how to fix it
Section titled “What this checks and how to fix it”Checks if the tenant has no Conditional Access policy that requires an approved client app.
The approved client app grant is retiring in early March 2026. Organizations must transition all current Conditional Access policies that use only the Require Approved Client App grant control to Require Approved Client App or Application Protection Policy by March 2026. Additionally, for any new Conditional Access policy, only apply the Require application protection policy grant.
After March 2026, Microsoft will stop enforcing require approved client app control, and it will be as if this grant isn’t selected. Use the following steps before March 2026 to protect your organization’s data.
Learn more
Section titled “Learn more”Mito check. Author: HenrikPiecha. Open-source licences.
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