How is the temporary password generated for Enforce mode password resets?

SecureAuth IdP Version affected: All

Description:

What logic does the IdP follow when creating the temporary passwords used during password resets when Enforce mode is enabled?

Cause:

When a password is reset using "Enforce Password Change Requirements"  AND "Require Current Password" is set to "False", the IdP will not know the existing password for a user, so first it performs an administrative password reset to an automatically generated temporary password known only to the IdP. 

The IdP will then use that temporary password to change the users password to one of the user's choice, thereby maintaining compliance with the domain password change policy.

Resolution: 

The IdP uses a randomizer that selects from upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and the following special characters !@#$%^&*()_+/

The minimum length is defined in the IdP settings for the password complexity settings on the password reset settings page.

The randomizer will randomly select a group of characters, then randomly choose a character from that group. it will continue to iterate in this fashion until all the groups have been used and then it will repeat until the length is met.

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