CVE-2018-9057 — Vulnerability in...

CRITICAL

HashiCorp Terraform Amazon Web Services (AWS) uses an insecure PRNG

Published May 14, 2022Updated September 10, 2026Source: osv

Summary

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.

Advisory Timeline

First published May 14, 2022 (1612 days ago).
Last revised September 10, 2026 — 1580 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Update github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws to 1.14.0 or later

go get github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws@v1.14.0

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: go (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws	go	All versions	1.14.0

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-332
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CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2018-9057?: HashiCorp Terraform Amazon Web Services (AWS) uses an insecure PRNG This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2018-9057?: CVE-2018-9057 affects github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2018-9057 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-r48h-jr2j-9g78

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