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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion powershell/Maester.psd1
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'Test-MtKrbtgtAzureADNotSynced', 'Test-MtExoDelicensingResiliency',
'Test-MtExoMailTip', 'Test-MtExoModernAuth', 'Test-MtExoMoeraMailActivity', 'Test-MtExoOutlookAddin',
'Test-MtExoRejectDirectSend', 'Test-MtExoSetScl', 'Test-MtFeatureUpdatePolicy', 'Test-MtGroupCreationRestricted',
'Test-MtHighRiskAppPermissions', 'Test-MtIntuneAppControl', 'Test-MtIntuneASRRules', 'Test-MtIntuneDiagnosticSettings',
'Test-MtHighPrivilegeServicePrincipalsForAllUsers', 'Test-MtHighRiskAppPermissions', 'Test-MtIntuneAppControl', 'Test-MtIntuneASRRules', 'Test-MtIntuneDiagnosticSettings',
'Test-MtIntuneLAPSConfiguration', 'Test-MtIntuneManagedInstallerRules', 'Test-MtIntuneRbacGroupsProtected',
'Test-MtLimitOnMicrosoftDomainUsage', 'Test-MtManagedDeviceCleanupSettings', 'Test-MtManagementGroupWriteRequirement',
'Test-MtMdmAuthority', 'Test-MtMobileThreatDefenseConnectors', 'Test-MtMdeArchiveScanning',
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This test checks if any of the following high-privilege, first-party Microsoft service principals allow sign-in from any user instead of requiring explicit assignment:

- Microsoft Azure PowerShell
- Microsoft Azure CLI and Azure Developer CLI (`azd`) - both currently use the same application ID
- Microsoft Graph Command Line Tools (used by the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK and Microsoft Graph CLI)
- Graph Explorer
- Azure Active Directory PowerShell (legacy)
- Microsoft Teams PowerShell Cmdlets (used by the `MicrosoftTeams` module)
- Microsoft Exchange Online PowerShell (used by the `ExchangeOnlineManagement` module)
- Microsoft SharePoint Online Management Shell
- Power Platform CLI (`pac`)

These apps are pre-consented in most tenants and carry broad delegated permissions to Microsoft Graph, Azure Resource Manager, or their respective workload (Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, Power Platform). Left open to all users, any compromised or malicious account can use them, without any further consent prompt, to enumerate directory data and resources, or to administer that workload directly - a common first step in privilege escalation and data exfiltration. It is recommended to set 'Assignment required?' to Yes for these applications and explicitly assign only the users or groups who need them.

A first-party application can still be used even when its service principal is not visible in the tenant. A missing service principal is therefore reported as needing attention because the assignment requirement cannot be enforced until the service principal is created.

#### Remediation action

1. Review the application's sign-in logs to identify the users who need access.
2. If a flagged application is reported as **Service principal missing**, create it with Microsoft Graph PowerShell:

```powershell
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes 'Application.ReadWrite.All'
$appId = '<AppId>'
$sp = Get-MgServicePrincipal -Filter "appId eq '$appId'"
if (-not $sp) {
$sp = New-MgServicePrincipal -AppId $appId
}
```

3. Assign the approved users or groups under **Users and groups**.
4. Set **Assignment required?** to **Yes** under **Properties**, or use Microsoft Graph PowerShell:

```powershell
Update-MgServicePrincipal -ServicePrincipalId $sp.Id -AppRoleAssignmentRequired:$true
```

<!--- Results --->

%TestResult%
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function Test-MtHighPrivilegeServicePrincipalsForAllUsers {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Checks if any high-privilege first-party Microsoft service principals (e.g. Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI and
Azure Developer CLI, Microsoft Graph Command Line Tools, Graph Explorer, Azure AD PowerShell, Exchange Online
PowerShell, SharePoint Online Management Shell, Teams PowerShell, Power Platform CLI) are open to all users
instead of requiring explicit assignment.

.DESCRIPTION
A small set of Microsoft first-party applications carry broad, pre-consented delegated permissions to Azure
Resource Manager and Microsoft Graph and are commonly used to enumerate or exfiltrate tenant data once an
attacker has a foothold on any single user account. Unlike third-party apps, these Microsoft-owned apps can
remain available without a visible service principal in the tenant and are easy to overlook when locking down
'Assignment required?'.

.EXAMPLE
Test-MtHighPrivilegeServicePrincipalsForAllUsers

Returns true if none of the monitored high-privilege service principals can be used by any user.

.LINK
https://maester.dev/docs/commands/Test-MtHighPrivilegeServicePrincipalsForAllUsers
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
[Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseSingularNouns', '', Justification = 'This test checks multiple service principals.')]
[OutputType([bool])]
param(

)

if (-not (Test-MtConnection Graph)) {
Add-MtTestResultDetail -SkippedBecause NotConnectedGraph
return $null
}

Write-Verbose 'Test-MtHighPrivilegeServicePrincipalsForAllUsers: Checking high-privilege first-party service principals for open assignment'

try {

$highPrivilegeApps = @(
[pscustomobject]@{ AppId = '1950a258-227b-4e31-a9cf-717495945fc2'; Name = 'Microsoft Azure PowerShell'; Reason = 'Holds Directory.AccessAsUser.All and Application.ReadWrite.All - full directory and Azure Resource Manager control.' }
[pscustomobject]@{ AppId = '04b07795-8ddb-461a-bbee-02f9e1bf7b46'; Name = 'Microsoft Azure CLI / Azure Developer CLI'; Reason = 'Used by both Azure CLI (az) and Azure Developer CLI (azd); holds Directory.AccessAsUser.All and Application.ReadWrite.All - full directory and Azure Resource Manager control.' }
[pscustomobject]@{ AppId = '14d82eec-204b-4c2f-b7e8-296a70dab67e'; Name = 'Microsoft Graph Command Line Tools'; Reason = 'Backs Connect-MgGraph and the Microsoft Graph CLI - can be consented with any Graph scope, including tenant-wide admin permissions.' }
[pscustomobject]@{ AppId = 'de8bc8b5-d9f9-48b1-a8ad-b748da725064'; Name = 'Graph Explorer'; Reason = 'Browser-based, no install required - lowest-friction way to query Microsoft Graph with a signed-in user''s consented scopes.' }
[pscustomobject]@{ AppId = '1b730954-1685-4b74-9bfd-dac224a7b894'; Name = 'Azure Active Directory PowerShell (legacy)'; Reason = 'Holds Directory.ReadWrite.All - full directory control via the deprecated AzureAD module.' }
[pscustomobject]@{ AppId = '12128f48-ec9e-42f0-b203-ea49fb6af367'; Name = 'Microsoft Teams PowerShell Cmdlets'; Reason = 'Holds Group.ReadWrite.All and TeamSettings.ReadWrite.All - can modify any Team, channel, or Microsoft 365 group.' }
[pscustomobject]@{ AppId = 'fb78d390-0c51-40cd-8e17-fdbfab77341b'; Name = 'Microsoft Exchange Online PowerShell'; Reason = 'Grants full Exchange Online admin impersonation - mailbox permissions, transport rules, connectors.' }
[pscustomobject]@{ AppId = '9bc3ab49-b65d-410a-85ad-de819febfddc'; Name = 'Microsoft SharePoint Online Management Shell'; Reason = 'Grants full SharePoint Online tenant admin impersonation - site collections, sharing policy.' }
[pscustomobject]@{ AppId = '9cee029c-6210-4654-90bb-17e6e9d36617'; Name = 'Power Platform CLI'; Reason = 'Holds Application.ReadWrite.All - can impersonate other app registrations to escalate privileges.' }
)

$appIdFilter = ($highPrivilegeApps.AppId | ForEach-Object { "appId eq '$_'" }) -join ' or '

$params = @{
'RelativeUri' = 'serviceprincipals'
'Select' = 'id,displayName,appId,appRoleAssignmentRequired,accountEnabled'
'Filter' = "($appIdFilter)"
}

$spns = Invoke-MtGraphRequest @params

# Apps without a local service principal can still appear in sign-in logs. Creating the service principal
# is required before user assignment can be enforced, so absence is a non-compliant state.
$referenceLink = 'https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/howto-restrict-your-app-to-a-set-of-users'
$entraPortalUrl = $__MtSession.AdminPortalUrl.Entra

$appRows = foreach ($app in $highPrivilegeApps) {
$spn = $spns | Where-Object { $_.appId -eq $app.AppId } | Select-Object -First 1

if (-not $spn) {
Write-Verbose "Test-MtHighPrivilegeServicePrincipalsForAllUsers: $($app.Name) ($($app.AppId)) is not provisioned in this tenant"
[pscustomobject]@{
Name = $app.Name
AppId = $app.AppId
Status = 'Service principal missing (assignment not enforced)'
NeedsAttention = $true
SpnLink = $referenceLink
Reason = $app.Reason
}
} else {
# Evaluate appRoleAssignmentRequired on its own so a disabled service principal without assignment
# configured is never reported as compliant - it would silently become open the moment it's re-enabled.
$assignmentRequired = $spn.appRoleAssignmentRequired -eq $true
$status = if ($assignmentRequired) {
'Assignment required'
} elseif ($spn.accountEnabled -eq $true) {
'Open to all users'
} else {
'Disabled (assignment not required)'
}
Write-Verbose "Test-MtHighPrivilegeServicePrincipalsForAllUsers: $($spn.displayName) ($($spn.appId)) status: $status"
[pscustomobject]@{
Name = $spn.displayName
AppId = $spn.appId
Status = $status
NeedsAttention = -not $assignmentRequired
SpnLink = "$($entraPortalUrl)#view/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/ManagedAppMenuBlade/~/Properties/objectId/$($spn.id)/appId/$($spn.appId)"
Reason = $app.Reason
}
}
}

$buildAppTable = {
param($Rows)
$table = "| Application | Application Id | Status |`n"
$table += "| --- | --- | --- |`n"
foreach ($row in $Rows) {
$nameCell = "[$($row.Name)]($($row.SpnLink) `"$($row.Reason)`")"
$table += "| $nameCell | $($row.AppId) | $($row.Status) |`n"
}
return $table
}

$needsAttentionRows = $appRows | Where-Object { $_.NeedsAttention }
$needsAttentionCount = ($needsAttentionRows | Measure-Object).Count
$return = $needsAttentionCount -eq 0

if ($return) {
$testResultMarkdown = "Well done. All monitored high-privilege first-party service principals present in this tenant require explicit user assignment.`n`n"
$testResultMarkdown += & $buildAppTable $appRows
} else {
$otherRows = $appRows | Where-Object { -not $_.NeedsAttention }
$testResultMarkdown = "You have $needsAttentionCount high-privilege first-party applications that are not configured to require explicit user assignment.`n`n"
$testResultMarkdown += "**Needs attention**`n`n"
$testResultMarkdown += & $buildAppTable $needsAttentionRows
$testResultMarkdown += "`n**Other monitored apps**`n`n"
$testResultMarkdown += & $buildAppTable $otherRows
}

Add-MtTestResultDetail -Result $testResultMarkdown
return $return
} catch {
Add-MtTestResultDetail -SkippedBecause Error -SkippedError $_
return $null
}
}
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Describe 'Test-MtHighPrivilegeServicePrincipalsForAllUsers' {
BeforeAll {
$script:monitoredAppIds = @(
'1950a258-227b-4e31-a9cf-717495945fc2'
'04b07795-8ddb-461a-bbee-02f9e1bf7b46'
'14d82eec-204b-4c2f-b7e8-296a70dab67e'
'de8bc8b5-d9f9-48b1-a8ad-b748da725064'
'1b730954-1685-4b74-9bfd-dac224a7b894'
'12128f48-ec9e-42f0-b203-ea49fb6af367'
'fb78d390-0c51-40cd-8e17-fdbfab77341b'
'9bc3ab49-b65d-410a-85ad-de819febfddc'
'9cee029c-6210-4654-90bb-17e6e9d36617'
)

function Get-TestServicePrincipal {
param(
[string] $AppId,
[bool] $AssignmentRequired = $true,
[bool] $AccountEnabled = $true
)

return [pscustomobject]@{
id = "sp-$AppId"
displayName = "App $AppId"
appId = $AppId
appRoleAssignmentRequired = $AssignmentRequired
accountEnabled = $AccountEnabled
}
}
}

BeforeEach {
$script:testResultMarkdown = $null

Mock -ModuleName Maester Test-MtConnection { return $true }
Mock -ModuleName Maester Add-MtTestResultDetail {
param($Result)

$script:testResultMarkdown = $Result
}

InModuleScope Maester {
$__MtSession.AdminPortalUrl = @{
Entra = 'https://entra.microsoft.us/'
}
}
}

It 'fails when a monitored first-party service principal is missing' {
$servicePrincipals = $script:monitoredAppIds |
Select-Object -Skip 1 |
ForEach-Object { Get-TestServicePrincipal -AppId $_ }
Mock -ModuleName Maester Invoke-MtGraphRequest { return $servicePrincipals }

Test-MtHighPrivilegeServicePrincipalsForAllUsers | Should -BeFalse
$script:testResultMarkdown | Should -Match 'Service principal missing \(assignment not enforced\)'
$script:testResultMarkdown | Should -Match 'Microsoft Azure PowerShell'
}

It 'passes when every monitored service principal requires assignment' {
$servicePrincipals = $script:monitoredAppIds |
ForEach-Object { Get-TestServicePrincipal -AppId $_ }
Mock -ModuleName Maester Invoke-MtGraphRequest { return $servicePrincipals }

Test-MtHighPrivilegeServicePrincipalsForAllUsers | Should -BeTrue
$script:testResultMarkdown | Should -Match 'Well done'
$script:testResultMarkdown | Should -Match 'https://entra\.microsoft\.us/'
}

It 'fails when a disabled service principal does not require assignment' {
$servicePrincipals = $script:monitoredAppIds |
ForEach-Object { Get-TestServicePrincipal -AppId $_ }
$servicePrincipals[0].appRoleAssignmentRequired = $false
$servicePrincipals[0].accountEnabled = $false
Mock -ModuleName Maester Invoke-MtGraphRequest { return $servicePrincipals }

Test-MtHighPrivilegeServicePrincipalsForAllUsers | Should -BeFalse
$script:testResultMarkdown | Should -Match 'Disabled \(assignment not required\)'
}

It 'documents that the Azure CLI app also covers Azure Developer CLI' {
Mock -ModuleName Maester Invoke-MtGraphRequest { return @() }

Test-MtHighPrivilegeServicePrincipalsForAllUsers | Should -BeFalse
$script:testResultMarkdown | Should -Match 'Azure Developer CLI'
}
}
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Describe 'Maester/Entra' -Tag 'Maester', 'Entra', 'App', 'Graph' {
It 'MT.1186: Require explicit assignment of high-privilege first-party Entra Apps. See https://maester.dev/docs/tests/MT.1186' -Tag 'MT.1186' {
Test-MtHighPrivilegeServicePrincipalsForAllUsers | Should -Be $true -Because 'high-privilege first-party service principals such as Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI and Azure Developer CLI, Microsoft Graph Command Line Tools, Graph Explorer, and Azure AD PowerShell should require explicit assignment to users'
}
}
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"Severity": "High",
"Title": "Block legacy MSOnline (MSOL) PowerShell module"
},
{
"Id": "MT.1186",
"Severity": "High",
"Title": "High-privilege first-party Entra Apps should only have explicitly assigned users instead of All Users."
},
{
"Id": "MT.1178",
"Severity": "High",
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