IAM Password Without Minimum Length

Query id: 1bc1c685-e593-450e-88fb-19db4c82aa1d
Query name: IAM Password Without Minimum Length
Platform: Terraform
Severity: Low
Category: Best Practices
CWE: 522
URL: Github

Description¶

IAM password should have the required minimum length
Documentation

Code samples¶

Code samples with security vulnerabilities¶

Positive test num. 1 - tf file

resource "aws_iam_account_password_policy" "positive1" {
  require_lowercase_characters   = true
  require_numbers                = true
  require_uppercase_characters   = true
  require_symbols                = true
  allow_users_to_change_password = true
}

resource "aws_iam_account_password_policy" "positive2" {
  minimum_password_length        = 3
  require_lowercase_characters   = true
  require_numbers                = true
  require_uppercase_characters   = true
  require_symbols                = true
  allow_users_to_change_password = true
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities¶

Negative test num. 1 - tf file

resource "aws_iam_account_password_policy" "negative1" {
  minimum_password_length        = 14
  require_lowercase_characters   = true
  require_numbers                = true
  require_uppercase_characters   = true
  require_symbols                = true
  allow_users_to_change_password = true
}