IAM Password policy without lowercase letter

aws_iam_password_lowercase_letter

Severity

low

Vendor

AWS

Resource

IAM

Description

IAM Password policy without lowercase letter. If the password is simple, the chance of the password being compromised is higher.

To fix it, you must configure require_lowercase=true.

Learn more about this topic at AWS IAM password policy.

Examples

---
- name: Example playbook
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: Password policy for AWS account
      community.aws.iam_password_policy:
        state: present
        min_pw_length: 8
        require_symbols: false
        require_numbers: true
        require_uppercase: false
        require_lowercase: true
        allow_pw_change: true
        pw_reuse_prevent: 5
        pw_expire: false

Mitigation / Fix

---
- name: Example playbook
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: Password policy for AWS account
      community.aws.iam_password_policy:
        state: present
        min_pw_length: 8
        require_symbols: true
        require_numbers: true
        require_uppercase: true
        require_lowercase: true
        allow_pw_change: true
        pw_max_age: 60
        pw_reuse_prevent: 5
        pw_expire: false