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🛡️ Microsoft Entra ID Owners Can Manage Group Membership Requests In The Access Panel is set to Yes🟢⚪

  • Contextual name: 🛡️ Owners Can Manage Group Membership Requests In The Access Panel is set to Yes🟢⚪
  • ID: /ce/ca/azure/microsoft-entra-id/disable-owners-can-manage-group-membership-requests
  • Tags:
  • Policy Type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
  • Policy Categories: SECURITY

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Description​

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Description​

Restrict security group management to administrators only.

Rationale​

Restricting security group management to administrators only prohibits users from making changes to security groups. This ensures that security groups are appropriately managed and their management is not delegated to non-administrators.

Impact​

Group Membership for user accounts will need to be handled by Admins and cause administrative overhead.

Audit​

From Azure Portal​
  1. In the Azure portal, open the portal menu.
  2. Select Microsoft Entra ID.
  3. Under Manage, select Groups.
  4. Under Settings, select General.
  5. Under Self Service Group Management, ensure that Owners can manage group membership requests in My Groups is set to No.

Default Value​

By default, Owners can manage group membership requests in My Groups is set to No.

References​

  1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/users/groups-self-service-management#making-a-group-available-for-end-user-self-service
  2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/mcsb-privileged-access#pa-1-separate-and-limit-highly-privilegedadministrative-users

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Remediation​

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Remediation​

From Azure Portal​

  1. In the Azure portal, open the portal menu.
  2. Select Microsoft Entra ID.
  3. Under Manage, select Groups.
  4. Under Settings, select General.
  5. Under Self Service Group Management, set Owners can manage group membership requests in My Groups to No.
  6. Click Save.

policy.yaml​

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Linked Framework Sections​

SectionSub SectionsInternal RulesPoliciesFlagsCompliance
💼 CIS Azure v5.0.0 → 💼 5.20 Ensure that 'Owners can manage group membership requests in My Groups' is set to 'No' (Manual)1no data
💼 Cloudaware Framework → 💼 User Account Management9no data