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Ensure 'Guest invite restrictions' is set to 'Only users assigned to specific admin roles can invite guest users' or 'No one in the organization can invite guest users'

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Ensure 'Guest invite restrictions' is set to 'Only users assigned to specific admin roles can invite guest users' or 'No one in the organization can invite guest users'

Description

Restrict invitations to either users with specific administrative roles or no one.

Rationale

Restricting invitations to users with specific administrator roles ensures that only authorized accounts have access to cloud resources. This helps to maintain "Need to Know" permissions and prevents inadvertent access to data.

By default the setting Guest invite restrictions is set to Anyone in the organization can invite guest users including guests and non-admins. This would allow anyone within the organization to invite guests and non-admins to the tenant, posing a security risk.

Impact

With the option of Only users assigned to specific admin roles can invite guest users selected, users with specific admin roles will be in charge of sending invitations to the external users, requiring additional overhead by them to manage user accounts. This will mean coordinating with other departments as they are onboarding new users.

Audit Procedure

This setting has 4 levels of restriction:

  • Anyone in the organization can invite guest users including guests and non-admins (most inclusive),
  • Member users and users assigned to specific admin roles can invite guest users including guests with member permissions,
  • Only users assigned to specific admin roles can invite guest users,
  • No one in the organization can invite guest users including admins (most restrictive).

Using Azure Portal

  1. From Azure Home select the Portal Menu
  2. Select Microsoft Entra ID
  3. Under Manage, select External Identities
  4. Select External collaboration settings
  5. Under Guest invite settings, ensure that Guest invite restrictions is set to either Only users assigned to specific admin roles can invite guest users or No one in the organization [...]

Using PowerShell

Connect-MgGraph
(Get-MgPolicyAuthorizationPolicy).AllowInvitesFrom

If the resulting value is adminsAndGuestInviters or none the configuration complies.

Expected Result

Guest invite restrictions should be set to Only users assigned to specific admin roles can invite guest users or No one in the organization can invite guest users including admins. PowerShell should return adminsAndGuestInviters or none.

Remediation

Using Azure Portal

  1. From Azure Home select the Portal Menu
  2. Select Microsoft Entra ID
  3. Under Manage, select External Identities
  4. Select External collaboration settings
  5. Under Guest invite settings, set Guest invite restrictions to either Only users assigned to specific admin roles can invite guest users or No one in the organization [...]
  6. Click Save

Using PowerShell

Connect-MgGraph
Update-MgPolicyAuthorizationPolicy -AllowInvitesFrom "adminsAndGuestInviters"

Alternatively, to set this to the most restrictive No one in the organization [...]:

Connect-MgGraph
Update-MgPolicyAuthorizationPolicy -AllowInvitesFrom "none"

Default Value

By default, Guest invite restrictions is set to Anyone in the organization can invite guest users including guests and non-admins.

References

  1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/external-id/external-collaboration-settings-configure
  2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/mcsb-governance-strategy#gs-6-define-and-implement-identity-and-privileged-access-strategy
  3. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/mcsb-governance-strategy#gs-2-define-and-implement-enterprise-segmentationseparation-of-duties-strategy
  4. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/mcsb-privileged-access#pa-3-manage-lifecycle-of-identities-and-entitlements
  5. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.graph.identity.signins/update-mgpolicyauthorizationpolicy?view=graph-powershell-1.0

CIS Controls

Controls VersionControlIG 1IG 2IG 3
v86.1 Establish an Access Granting Processxxx
v86.8 Define and Maintain Role-Based Access Controlx
v716.2 Configure Centralized Point of Authenticationxx

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Level 2 | Automated