IAM password policy does not require at least one lowercase letter Affecting IAM service in AWS


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10
    Severity Framework
    Snyk CCSS
    Rule category
    IAM / Passwords

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CC-00011
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Description

Setting a password complexity policy that requires at least one lowercase letter increases account resiliency against brute force login attempts.

How to fix?

Set the aws_iam_account_password_policy require_lowercase_characters field to true.

Example Configuration

resource "aws_iam_account_password_policy" "example" {
  require_lowercase_characters = true
  # other required fields here
}