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title: Password Policy Expiration Too Weak – One Year
description: "**Impact area** Security **Severity** Medium **Affected element** Profile Org Config ## Rule ID **SF-0177** ## Impact Weak password expiration policies can open you up to brute force and dictionary attacks. Passwords with over 90 days expiration time are unsafe. ##…"
url: "https://community-staging.qualityclouds.com/qcdocs/qc/salesforce-rules/password-policy-expiration-too-weak-one-year/"
updated: "2025-03-21"
category: Rules
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# Password Policy Expiration Too Weak – One Year

**Impact area**

Security

**Severity**

Medium

**Affected element**

Profile

Org Config

## Rule ID

**SF-0177**

## Impact

Weak password expiration policies can open you up to brute force and dictionary attacks. Passwords with over 90 days expiration time are unsafe.

## Remediation

Modify the password expiration time to ninety days or less.

### Time to fix

30 min

## References

This rule is linked to [Common Weakness Enumeration CWE-521 Weak Password Requirements](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/521.html).