CVE-2018-9057

mediumpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.92% (80th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5–9.8

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.09criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-332USprimaryCWE-332US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
hashicorp terraform≤ 1.12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:terraform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws< 1.14.0osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-r48h-jr2j-9g78 HashiCorp Terraform Amazon Web Services (AWS) uses an insecure PRNG 2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
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.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-03-27modified 2026-06-17

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references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-aws/pull/3934 cnnvd
https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-aws/pull/3934 enisa_euvd
https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-aws/pull/3934Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisorynvd

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