IAM authentication for RDS cluster is disabled Affecting RDS service in AWS


Severity

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

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Description

IAM authentication for RDS cluster is disabled.

How to fix?

Ensure that the iam_database_authentication_enabled attribute is set to true.

Example Configuration

resource "aws_rds_cluster" "example" {
  iam_database_authentication_enabled  = true
  # other required fields here
}