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# Azure SQL server not configured with Active Directory admin authentication misconfiguration detected

## Azure SQL server not configured with Active Directory admin authentication misconfiguration detected in code

### Rule Details

|                        |                                       |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Cortex AppSec Rule ID  | APPSEC2\_AZURE\_27                    |
| Category - Subcategory | IAM - Authentication Policies         |
| Provider               | AZURE                                 |
| Severity               | LOW                                   |
| Framework              | ARM, Bicep, Terraform, Terraform Plan |
| Mapped CSPM/KSPM Rule  | 186ce6b6-15d4-409c-b864-7c62922ef198  |

### Impact

Azure AD authentication is a mechanism of connecting to Azure SQL Database by using identities in Azure AD. With Azure AD authentication, you can manage the identities of database users and other Microsoft services in one central location. It offers benefits like Multi-Factor Authentication, identity protection, and seamless domain join.

This rule ensures that Azure AD authentication is enabled for Azure SQL (MSSQL) by checking for the existence of the `azuread_administrator` attribute in the `azurerm_mssql_server` resource and verifying that the `login_username` attribute within `azuread_administrator` has a valid value (i.e., not only whitespaces).

### How to Fix

*Resource:*

* azurerm\_mssql\_server

*Arguments:*

* azuread\_administrator
* azuread\_administrator.login\_username \[source,go]

***

resource "azurerm\_mssql\_server" "example" { name = "example-mssqlserver" resource\_group\_name = azurerm\_resource\_group.example.name location = azurerm\_resource\_group.example.location

## ... other configurations ...

* azuread\_administrator {
* login\_username = "example\_admin"
* object\_id = "xxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
* tenant\_id = "xxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
* } }

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