STIGUI
V-274680CAT II — Medium severitySV-274680r1143713_rule

API access tokens must be configured to expire.

Rule version SRG-APP-000400-API-000860 · STIG v1 · 2025-09-24

Discussion

API access tokens are short-lived credentials used to authenticate and authorize API requests. They are included in request headers to grant access to protected resources without requiring user credentials each time. To enhance security, they must have expiration times and require renewal through refresh tokens.

If cached authentication information is out of date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable.

Check

Verify API access tokens are configured to expire according to organizational defined parameters.

If API access tokens are not configured to expire according to organizational defined parameters, this is a finding.

Fix

Build or configure API access tokens to expire according to organizational defined parameters.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-274680
Group title
SRG-APP-000400
Rule ID
SV-274680r1143713_rule
Check ID
C-78781r1143475_chk
Fix ID
F-78686r1143476_fix