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IAM Password Policy Not Configured

ID: iam-password-policy

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

Tags: cloud,devops,aws,amazon,iam,aws-cloud-config

Description

Section titled “Description”

Verifies that Amazon IAM users adhere to a strong password policy, including requirements for minimum length, expiration, and pattern

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: iam-password-policy
info:
  name: IAM Password Policy Not Configured
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Verifies that Amazon IAM users adhere to a strong password policy, including requirements for minimum length, expiration, and pattern
  reference:
    - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/get-account-password-policy.html
  tags: cloud,devops,aws,amazon,iam,aws-cloud-config


self-contained: true
code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      aws iam get-account-password-policy


    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "NoSuchEntity"


    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"AWS cloud account is not configured with a custom IAM password policy"'
# digest: 4b0a004830460221008b9f96cd3ec0ecb7f1de8e6c08a6d0161aa0631f10a620e04f2d84028b4e3dcf022100d4cb25db3be1e191a13eadf958d3efc48ab53a3dd983c01c52284c371275d065:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "cloud/aws/iam/iam-password-policy.yaml"

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