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IAM user login profile does not enforce resetting the generated password 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-00339
  • credit Snyk Research Team
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Description

By not requiring the IAM user login profile to reset the generated password, it means that the creator of the password can still have access to the IAM user account.

How to fix?

Set the aws_iam_user_login_profile password_reset_required field to true.

Example Configuration

resource "aws_iam_user_login_profile" "valid" {
  user                    = "example"
  password_reset_required = true
}