OWASPASVS 5.0 requirement

ASVS-V6.5.5 Out-of-band authentication requests, codes, or tokens, as well as time-based one-time passwords (totps) have a defined lifetime.

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Standard
OWASP ASVS 5.0
Chapter
V6 Authentication
Section
V6.5 General Multi-factor authentication requirements
Level
L2 (requirement applies from this verification level up)

Requirement

Verify that out-of-band authentication requests, codes, or tokens, as well as time-based one-time passwords (TOTPs) have a defined lifetime. Out of band requests must have a maximum lifetime of 10 minutes and for TOTP a maximum lifetime of 30 seconds.