Cognito user pool has a weak password policy
- Severity
- Medium
- Service
- Cognito
- Check ID
- COGNITO_WEAK_PASSWORD_POLICY
What this check finds
The user pool password policy is below baseline: minimum length under 8 characters and/or missing complexity requirements (uppercase, lowercase, numbers, symbols). Weak policies make passwords easier to guess or brute-force.
Passing looks like: Cognito user pool has a strong password policy.
How to fix it
Set a minimum length of at least 8 (12+ recommended) and require uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols. Cognito console → User pools → select pool → Sign-in experience → Password policy.
Compliance controls it is evidence for
A failing result counts against these controls in KloudLytics; a passing one is evidence towards them. How compliance mapping works
| Framework | Controls |
|---|---|
| NIST SP 800-53 Rev5 (Moderate) |
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| NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 |
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| ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A |
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Checked on every scan
KloudLytics runs this check each time it scans a connected AWS account, through a read-only role, and lists every affected resource with its region. On Pro and Business a fix is written for the specific resource rather than the general case above. The exact access it needs