Insufficient Entropy Affecting github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/aws package, versions <1.14.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.92% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMHASHICORPTERRAFORMPROVIDERAWSAWS-6298542
  • published28 Feb 2024
  • disclosed14 May 2022
  • creditIan Mckay

Introduced: 14 May 2022

CVE-2018-9057  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-332  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/aws to version 1.14.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficient Entropy due to the use of an insecure Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) algorithm and its seeding process. An attacker can obtain access by leveraging an IAM account that was provisioned with a weak password.