STIGUI
V-273201CAT II — Medium severitySV-273201r1268506_rule

Okta must enforce a 180-day maximum password lifetime restriction.

Rule version OKTA-APP-000745 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-31

Discussion

Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords must be changed at specific intervals.

One method of minimizing this risk is to use complex passwords and periodically change them. If the application does not limit the lifetime of passwords and force users to change their passwords, there is the risk that the system and/or application passwords could be compromised.

This requirement does not include emergency administration accounts, which are meant for access to the application in case of failure. These accounts are not required to have maximum password lifetime restrictions.

Check

From the Admin Console: 1. Select Security >> Authenticators. 2. Click the "Actions" button next to the "Password" row and select "Edit". 3. For each listed policy, verify "Password expires after XX days" is set to "180".

For each policy, if "Password expires after XX days" is not set to "180", this is a finding.

Fix

From the Admin Console: 1. Select Security >> Authenticators. 2. Click the "Actions" button next to the "Password" row and select "Edit". 3. For each listed policy: - Click "Edit". - Set "Password expires after XX days" to "180".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-273201
Group title
SRG-APP-000174
Rule ID
SV-273201r1268506_rule
Check ID
C-77292r1268504_chk
Fix ID
F-77197r1268505_fix