MSAL lacks fine-grained access control and authorization

5/10 Medium

MSAL focuses primarily on authentication and token issuance but does not fully address access control issues or implement role-based and feature-level access control within applications. Developers must build custom authorization logic.

MSALMSAL.jsMSAL.NET
Category
auth
Workaround
solid
Freshness
persistent
Scope
framework
Upstream
wontfix
Recurring
Yes
Buyer Type
team
Maintainer
active

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Collection History

Query: “What are the most common pain points with MSAL for developers in 2025?”4/7/2026

MSAL excels in managing authentication and authorization, it does not fully address access control issues—specifically, whether a user should have access to certain functions or data within an application.

Created: 4/7/2026Updated: 4/7/2026