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Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Property Value
Language hcl
Severity medium
CWE CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials
OWASP A02:2017 - Broken Authentication
Confidence Level Medium
Impact Level Medium
Likelihood Level Medium

Description

Database passwords are hardcoded directly in Terraform source files for AWS RDS resources. This exposes sensitive credentials in version control and to anyone with access to the codebase.

Impact

If attackers or unauthorized users access the source code, they can obtain database credentials, potentially leading to unauthorized data access, data breaches, or service disruption. This compromises the security of your database and may violate compliance requirements.