IAM user has a password but has never logged in

Severity: Medium
Service: IAM
Check ID: USER_HAS_NEVER_LOGGED_IN

What this check finds

The password for these users should be removed. If the user has no access keys, the user should be removed. The password may be a default password or may have been transmitted to the user insecurely.

Passing looks like: No never-used IAM users.

How to fix it

Delete the console password (or the user entirely if no access keys are in use).

AWS CLI

aws iam delete-login-profile --user-name USERNAME

If the user has no access keys either, delete the user:
```
aws iam delete-user --user-name USERNAME
```

Names in capitals are placeholders for your own resource. Review a command before you run it.

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

Compliance controls mapped to IAM user has a password but has never logged in
Framework	Controls
PCI-DSS v4.0.1	8.2 User identification and related accounts are managed throughout their lifecycle
HIPAA Security Rule	164.312(a)(1) Access Control — Unique User Identification
SOC 2 — Trust Services Criteria	CC6.1 Identity Provisioning and Deprovisioning
NIST SP 800-53 Rev5 (Moderate)	AC-2 Account Management
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0	PR.AA-01 Identities and credentials are managed
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A	A.5.16 Identity management A.5.18 Access rights A.6.5 Responsibilities after termination or change of employment

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

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