diff --git a/pkg/iac/adapters/terraform/aws/iam/convert.go b/pkg/iac/adapters/terraform/aws/iam/convert.go
index dc5008d048..700544415c 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/adapters/terraform/aws/iam/convert.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/adapters/terraform/aws/iam/convert.go
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ type wrappedDocument struct {
 }
 
 func ParsePolicyFromAttr(attr *terraform.Attribute, owner *terraform.Block, modules terraform.Modules) (*iam.Document, error) {
+	if attr == nil {
+		return &iam.Document{
+			Metadata: owner.GetMetadata(),
+		}, nil
+	}
 	attr.RewriteExpr(func(e hclsyntax.Expression) hclsyntax.Expression {
 		if te, ok := e.(*hclsyntax.TemplateExpr); ok {
 			return &terraform.PartialTemplateExpr{TemplateExpr: te}
diff --git a/pkg/iac/adapters/terraform/aws/iam/policies.go b/pkg/iac/adapters/terraform/aws/iam/policies.go
index c74c3b3f82..c14262c8ba 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/adapters/terraform/aws/iam/policies.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/adapters/terraform/aws/iam/policies.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package iam
 
 import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hclsyntax"
+
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/iamgo"
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/iac/providers/aws/iam"
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/iac/terraform"
@@ -140,11 +142,20 @@ func findAttachmentPolicy(modules terraform.Modules) func(resource *terraform.Bl
 			}
 		}
 
-		if block, err := modules.GetReferencedBlock(attr, resource); err == nil {
-			return findPolicy(modules)(block)
+		// Searching for a referenced block only makes sense for traversal expressions,
+		// since only they can directly reference other blocks in the configuration.
+		switch attr.HCLAttribute().Expr.(type) {
+		case *hclsyntax.RelativeTraversalExpr, *hclsyntax.ScopeTraversalExpr:
+			if block, err := modules.GetReferencedBlock(attr, resource); err == nil {
+				return findPolicy(modules)(block)
+			}
+		}
+		return &iam.Policy{
+			Metadata: resource.GetMetadata(),
+			Document: iam.Document{
+				Metadata: resource.GetMetadata(),
+			},
 		}
-
-		return nil
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/iac/adapters/terraform/aws/iam/roles_test.go b/pkg/iac/adapters/terraform/aws/iam/roles_test.go
index 687a9f17f9..de02eb8071 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/adapters/terraform/aws/iam/roles_test.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/adapters/terraform/aws/iam/roles_test.go
@@ -338,6 +338,32 @@ resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "test" {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "policy is template with unknown part",
+			terraform: `resource "aws_iam_role" "default" {
+  name = "test"
+}
+
+resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "amazon_eks_cluster_policy" {
+  role       = aws_iam_role.default.name
+  policy_arn = format("arn:%s:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSClusterPolicy", data.aws_partition.current.partition)
+}
+
+
+data "aws_partition" "current" {}
+`,
+			expected: []iam.Role{
+				{
+					Name: iacTypes.StringTest("test"),
+					Policies: []iam.Policy{
+						{
+							Name:     iacTypes.StringTest(""),
+							Document: iam.Document{},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/pkg/iac/terraform/attribute.go b/pkg/iac/terraform/attribute.go
index c8a3d68093..a536b82c98 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/terraform/attribute.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/terraform/attribute.go
@@ -834,7 +834,14 @@ func safeOp[T any](a *Attribute, fn func(cty.Value) T) T {
 // RewriteExpr applies the given function `transform` to the expression of the attribute,
 // recursively traversing and transforming it.
 func (a *Attribute) RewriteExpr(transform func(hclsyntax.Expression) hclsyntax.Expression) {
-	a.hclAttribute.Expr = RewriteExpr(a.hclAttribute.Expr.(hclsyntax.Expression), transform)
+	if a == nil || a.hclAttribute == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	expr, ok := a.hclAttribute.Expr.(hclsyntax.Expression)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	a.hclAttribute.Expr = RewriteExpr(expr, transform)
 }
 
 // nolint: gocyclo