Aurora Cluster Deletion Protection

ID: aurora-delete-protect

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

Tags: cloud,devops,aws,amazon,aurora,rds,aws-cloud-config

Description

Ensure Amazon Aurora clusters have Deletion Protection enabled to prevent accidental data loss.

YAML Source

id: aurora-delete-protect
info:
  name: Aurora Cluster Deletion Protection
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure Amazon Aurora clusters have Deletion Protection enabled to prevent accidental data loss.
  impact: |
    Without Deletion Protection, Aurora clusters can be accidentally deleted, leading to irreversible data loss.
  remediation: |
    Enable Deletion Protection by modifying the Aurora cluster settings in the AWS Management Console or via the AWS CLI.
  reference:
    - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/DBInstanceDeletionProtection.html
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
  tags: cloud,devops,aws,amazon,aurora,rds,aws-cloud-config
variables:
  region: "ap-northeast-1"

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let clustername of iterate(template.clusters)){
    set("cluster", clustername)
    code(2)
  }

self-contained: true
code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      aws rds describe-db-clusters --region $region --output json --query 'DBClusters[?Engine==`aurora-mysql` || Engine==`aurora-postgresql`].DBClusterIdentifier | []'

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

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
         aws rds describe-db-clusters --region $region --db-cluster-identifier $cluster--query 'DBClusters[*].DeletionProtection'

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - 'false'

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"Deletion Protection safety feature is not enabled for " + cluster'
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100e3859aaaa478bed03d4d145c87c574732729a84d8b3ed7d08567e299719fc2120220507c3e70335448d850e74572c307f74cf8df2519ee6dbef76dee59035be39669:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/rds/aurora-delete-protect.yaml"

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