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Alibaba Cloud RAM password policy does not have a lowercase character

Description

This policy identifies Alibaba Cloud accounts that do not have a lowercase character in the password policy. As a security best practice, configure a strong password policy for secure access to the Alibaba Cloud console.

Code Example

go
resource "alicloud_ram_account_password_policy" "example" {
  ...
+  require_lowercase_characters = true
}

Remediation

Terraform

  • Resource: alicloud_ram_account_password_policy
  • Arguments: require_lowercase_characters

To mitigate this issue, ensure the `require_lowercase_characters` attribute in the `alicloud_ram_account_password_policy` resource is set to `true`.

Example:

Rule Details

FieldValue
IDIAC-0017
SeverityINFO
IaC TypeTerraform
FrameworksTerraform
Checkov IDCKV_ALI_17

References