Ensure IAM password policy prevents password reuse
Preventing password reuse increases account protection by ensuring users cannot cycle through a small set of passwords. AWS supports remembering the last 24 passwords.
Security Impact
Password reuse allows credential stuffing attacks to succeed if old passwords were compromised.
How to Remediate
Set IAM password policy to remember and prevent reuse of at least 24 previous passwords. Use AWS CLI: aws iam update-account-password-policy --password-reuse-prevention 24
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-iam-10
- Service
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Category
- Password Policy
- Severity
- LOW
- CIS Benchmark
- 1.10
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