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IAM password policy does not prevent reuse of the four previously used passwords 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-00465
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Description

IAM password policies can prevent the reuse of the previous four passwords. Preventing password reuse increases account resiliency against brute force login attempts.

How to fix?

Set the aws_iam_account_password_policy password_reuse_prevention field to 4 to ensure the previous 4 passwords cannot be reused.

Example Configuration

resource "aws_iam_account_password_policy" "example" {
  password_reuse_prevention = 4
  # other required fields here
}