# Only administrators SHALL be allowed to consent to applications

Only administrators SHALL be allowed to consent to applications. A Maester check for Entra ID, App consent and permissions.

Source: https://maester.dev/docs/tests/CISA.MS.AAD.5.2

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<p class="test-part">Part of <a href="/docs/tests/cisa">CISA</a> · Entra ID · App consent and permissions · <a href="/docs/tests">All checks</a></p>

```powershell title="Run this check"
Invoke-Maester -TestId CISA.MS.AAD.5.2
```

## Overview

Only administrators SHALL be allowed to consent to applications.

Rationale: Limiting applications consent to only specific privileged users reduces risk of users giving insecure applications access to their data via [consent grant attacks](https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/detect-and-remediate-illicit-consent-grants?view=o365-worldwide).

#### Remediation action

1. In **Entra** under **Identity** and **Applications**, select **Enterprise applications**.
2. Under **Security**, select **Consent and permissions**.
3. Under **Manage**, select **[User consent settings](https://entra.microsoft.com/#view/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/ConsentPoliciesMenuBlade/~/UserSettings)**.
4. Under **User consent for applications**, select **Do not allow user consent**.
5. Click **Save**.

#### Related links

* [Entra admin center - Consent and permissions | User consent settings](https://entra.microsoft.com/#view/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/ConsentPoliciesMenuBlade/~/UserSettings)
* [CISA Application Registration & Consent - MS.AAD.5.2v1](https://github.com/cisagov/ScubaGear/blob/main/PowerShell/ScubaGear/baselines/aad.md#msaad52v1)
* [CISA ScubaGear Rego Reference](https://github.com/cisagov/ScubaGear/blob/main/PowerShell/ScubaGear/Rego/AADConfig.rego#L575)

## Details

<details>
<summary>Every attribute of this check</summary>

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Test ID | CISA.MS.AAD.5.2 |
| Severity | High |
| Suite | CISA |
| Product | Entra ID |
| Feature | App consent and permissions |
| Area | Applications and workload identities |
| Resource type | Tenant |
| User impact | Medium |
| Implementation cost | Low |
| MITRE ATT&CK | T1098.001 Additional Cloud Credentials, T1098.003 Additional Cloud Roles, T1528 Steal Application Access Token, T1566.002 Spearphishing Link |
| Supports benchmark | CISA SCuBA Secure Configuration Baselines for Microsoft 365 (version ScubaGear main, 2026-10-11), requirement MS.AAD.5.2 |
| Criticality | SHALL |
| Upstream requirement | MS.AAD.5.2v1 |
| Supports controls | cisa-scuba:MS.AAD.5.2, nist-800-53-r5:AC-6(10), nist-800-53-r5:CM-5 |
| PowerShell test | [Test-MtCisaAppUserConsent](https://github.com/maester365/maester/blob/main/tests/cisa/entra/Test.CISA.MS.AAD.5.2.ps1) |
| Services | Graph |

</details>

## Source

- Test: [`tests/cisa/entra/Test.CISA.MS.AAD.5.2.ps1`](https://github.com/maester365/maester/blob/main/tests/cisa/entra/Test.CISA.MS.AAD.5.2.ps1)
- Documentation: [`tests/cisa/entra/Test.CISA.MS.AAD.5.2.md`](https://github.com/maester365/maester/blob/main/tests/cisa/entra/Test.CISA.MS.AAD.5.2.md)