EIDTNT-014: User Password Expiration Disabled (Passwords Never Expire)
- Plataforma
- Entra ID / M365
- Categoría
- Entra ID Tenant Configuration
- Severidad
- Low
- Pilar de Zero Trust
- Identity (peso 2)
- Fixtures de referencia
- 3
- Cobertura de ramas
- Observada: los fixtures prueban los veredictos que ejercitan
- Procedencia
- baseline
Qué comprueba
Mandatory periodic password rotation drives users toward predictable, weaker, and reused passwords and provides little defensive value when MFA and modern credential protections are in place. Aligned with NIST SP 800-63B and OMB M-22-09 guidance, user passwords should be configured to never expire. In Entra ID this is governed per verified domain by the passwordValidityPeriodInDays property; the value 2147483647 indicates passwords are set to never expire. This check inspects every managed domain and flags any domain that still enforces a finite password expiration period.
Valor recomendado
passwordValidityPeriodInDays set to 2147483647 (never expire) on all managed domains
Remediación
Set the password expiration policy so passwords never expire, satisfying SCuBA MS.AAD.6.1. In the Microsoft 365 admin center go to Settings > Org settings > Security & privacy > Password expiration policy and select 'Set passwords to never expire'. Equivalently, for each managed domain set passwordValidityPeriodInDays to 2147483647 (never expire). Ensure compensating controls remain in place: enforced MFA, banned-password protection, and risk-based credential remediation.
Veredictos probados con fixtures
Cada veredicto de esta tabla está probado por un fixture de referencia en la suite de pruebas que valida el módulo. La tabla se deriva de la última ejecución en verde; no puede editarse a mano.
| Escenario | Veredicto esperado |
|---|---|
| clean | PASS |
| known-bad | FAIL |
| no-data | Not Assessed |
Mapeos a marcos de referencia
- CISA SCuBA
- MS.AAD.6.1v1
- NIST SP 800-53
- IA-5, IA-5(1)
- CIS M365 Benchmark
- 1.3.1