diff --git a/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/cftypes/types.go b/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/cftypes/types.go
index 21949ae099cf..6a533aae179c 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/cftypes/types.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/cftypes/types.go
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ const (
 )
 
 func TypeFromGoValue(value any) CfType {
+	if value == nil {
+		return Unknown
+	}
 	switch reflect.TypeOf(value).Kind() {
 	case reflect.String:
 		return String
diff --git a/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/parser_test.go b/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/parser_test.go
index 0d37440e2e1a..aa058c4df855 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -419,3 +419,24 @@ func TestJsonWithNumbers(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, res[0].GetProperty("SomeIntProp").AsIntValue().Value())
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, res[0].GetProperty("SomeFloatProp").AsIntValue().Value())
 }
+
+func TestParameterIsNull(t *testing.T) {
+	src := `---
+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
+
+Parameters:
+  Email:
+    Type: String
+
+Conditions:
+  SubscribeEmail: !Not [!Equals [ !Ref Email, ""]]
+`
+
+	fsys := testutil.CreateFS(t, map[string]string{
+		"main.yaml": src,
+	})
+
+	files, err := New().ParseFS(context.TODO(), fsys, ".")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, files, 1)
+}