CloudFront Traffic To Origin Unencrypted

ID: cloudfront-traffic-unencrypted

Severity: medium

Author: DhiyaneshDK

Tags: cloud,devops,aws,amazon,cloudfront,aws-cloud-config

Description

Ensure that the communication between your Amazon CloudFront distributions and their custom origins is encrypted using HTTPS in order to secure the delivery of your web content and fulfill compliance requirements for encryption in transit.

YAML Source

id: cloudfront-traffic-unencrypted

info:
  name: CloudFront Traffic To Origin Unencrypted
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that the communication between your Amazon CloudFront distributions and their custom origins is encrypted using HTTPS in order to secure the delivery of your web content and fulfill compliance requirements for encryption in transit.
  impact: |
    Unencrypted traffic between CloudFront and custom origins can expose sensitive data during transmission, leading to potential data breaches and non-compliance with encryption standards.
  remediation: |
    Ensure that all communications between your Amazon CloudFront distributions and custom origins are encrypted by configuring them to use HTTPS, thereby securing the delivery of web content and meeting compliance requirements for encryption in transit.
  reference:
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity-staging/knowledge-base/aws/CloudFront/cloudfront-traffic-to-origin-unencrypted.html
    - http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/SecureConnections.html
  tags: cloud,devops,aws,amazon,cloudfront,aws-cloud-config

variables:
  region: "us-west-2"

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let DistributionListItemsId of iterate(template.distributions)){
    set("distribution", DistributionListItemsId)
    code(2)
  }

self-contained: true

code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash

    source: |
      aws cloudfront list-distributions --output table --query 'DistributionList.Items[*].Id' --region $region --output json

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: distributions
        internal: true
        json:
          - '.[]'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash

    source: |
        aws cloudfront get-distribution --id $distribution --query 'Distribution.DistributionConfig.Origins.Items[*].CustomOriginConfig.OriginProtocolPolicy' --region $region --output json

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - '"http-only"'

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"CloudFront " + distribution + " uses HTTP Only"'
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100bfff3b1784cc0acf0fef51f467228b62784fcb9d9b3cd974296304ecbc5c95c70220728e3fd804a5f14282e58482febe903e75391471a5f25b9534ca99676f8965fc: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/aws/cloudfront/cloudfront-traffic-unencrypted.yaml"

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