Posture check · Workload and agent identity
Service principal holds a tenant-takeover permission (T1098.003)
This service principal holds an application permission that leads to Global Administrator, either directly or through another object such as an app, a group or a policy.
Why it matters
Whoever holds this app's credential, or the vendor's, can use the permission without any user. Some of these permissions grant an admin role outright; others reach one in a few steps.
How GraphnAI finds it
It runs after every sync, on each connected domain or tenant on its own. It applies to Microsoft Entra ID.
It reads:
- The directory attributes
servicePrincipalType,appOwnerClass,appOwnerOrganizationId,verifiedPublisherandaccountEnabled - 4 more GraphnAI analyses
Tiered Fidelity™ level: Theoretical
Every finding from this check carries the Theoretical level.
- TheoreticalThis checkConfigured in the directory. Nothing else checked.
- ConstrainedA constraint on it has been checked.
- ValidatedTelemetry has seen it in use.
How Select Fire™ fixes it
How to fix it
Remove this permission if the app doesn't need it. If the app might have been misused, review what it changed and who controls its credentials.
What Select Fire changes
Select Fire opens from the finding and simulates each change on your live graph before anything changes in your directory.
- Remove app role assignment For service principals.Manual: you approve each change one at a time, and no automation runs it.
The app loses the permission at once. Anything it does with that permission stops working.
By hand: In Microsoft Entra, open the enterprise application's permissions and remove the permission. For another organization's app, disable the service principal first; don't delete it, because deleting removes consent.
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