Transparent Data Encryption - Disabled

ID: transparent-encryption-disabled

Severity: medium

Author: DhiyaneshDK

Tags: cloud,devops,aliyun,alibaba,alibaba-cloud-config,alibaba-rds

Description

Alibaba Cloud Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is disabled, meaning sensitive data at rest is not encrypted automatically. This may expose the data to unauthorized access, compromising confidentiality and security.

YAML Source

id: transparent-encryption-disabled

info:
  name: Transparent Data Encryption - Disabled
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Alibaba Cloud Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is disabled, meaning sensitive data at rest is not encrypted automatically. This may expose the data to unauthorized access, compromising confidentiality and security.
  reference:
    - https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/rds/apsaradb-rds-for-postgresql/enable-tde-for-an-apsaradb-rds-for-postgresql-instance-and-use-tde
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/alibaba-cloud/AlibabaCloud-RDS/enable-sql-database-tde.html
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    verified: true
  tags: cloud,devops,aliyun,alibaba,alibaba-cloud-config,alibaba-rds

variables:
  region: "cn-hangzhou"

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let DBInstanceId of iterate(template.dbinstanceid)){
    set("dbinstanceid", DBInstanceId)
    code(2)
  }

self-contained: true

code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      aliyun rds DescribeDBInstances --region $region

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: dbinstanceid
        internal: true
        json:
          - '.Items.DBInstance[].DBInstanceId'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash

    source: |
      aliyun rds DescribeDBInstanceTDE --DBInstanceId $dbinstanceid --region $region

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - '"TDEStatus": "Disabled"'

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'dbinstanceid + " Transparent Data Encryption is Disabled "'
# digest: 490a004630440220124e98dd4905cc95b3f61fe3ce77c32f5753feed8760539b76e8d8414dff15de02203f33711fafa6819d58182b4652d88435a1dabb7f4d7a93130ec81ef27116b5fc:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "cloud/alibaba/rds/transparent-encryption-disabled.yaml"

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