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


Severity

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

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Frameworks
AWS-Well-ArchitectedCIS-AWSCIS-ControlsCSA-CCMHIPAANIST-800-53SOC-2
  • Snyk IDSNYK-CC-00010
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Description

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

How to fix?

Set the aws_iam_account_password_policy require_symbols field to true.

Example Configuration

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