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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws (GHSA-r48h-jr2j-9g78)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432833

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - aws/resource_aws_iam_user_login_profile.go in the HashiCorp Terraform Amazon Web Services (AWS) provider
 through v1.12.0 has an inappropriate PRNG algorithm and seeding, which makes it easier for remote
 attackers to obtain access by leveraging an IAM account that was provisioned with a weak password.
 (CVE-2018-9057)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r48h-jr2j-9g78

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 432833

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-9057

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-9057

cwe: CWE-332