AUTH-009: App Passwords Policy
- Platform
- Google Workspace
- Category
- Authentication & Access Controls
- Severity
- Medium
- Zero Trust pillar
- Identity (weight 3)
- Golden fixtures
- 1
- Branch coverage
- Observed: fixtures prove the verdicts they exercise
- Provenance
- baseline
What it checks
App-specific passwords bypass 2SV and should be controlled. If allowed, they should require 2SV enrollment first
Recommended value
App passwords restricted or disabled
Remediation
Admin Console > Security > Authentication > 2-step verification > Review app password settings
Fixture-proven verdicts
Every verdict below is proven by a golden fixture in the module's gating test suite. This table derives from the last green run; it cannot be edited by hand.
| Scenario | Expected verdict |
|---|---|
| always-warn | WARN |
Framework mappings
- NIST SP 800-53
- IA-5(1)
- CIS Benchmark
- 1.9
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078.004