RDS Cluster Deletion Protection - Disabled

ID: rds-cluster-protection-disabled

Severity: medium

Author: DhiyaneshDK

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

Description

Ensure that all your provisioned Amazon Aurora database clusters are protected from accidental deletion by having the Deletion Protection feature enabled at the Aurora cluster level.

YAML Source

id: rds-cluster-protection-disabled

info:
  name: RDS Cluster Deletion Protection - Disabled
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that all your provisioned Amazon Aurora database clusters are protected from accidental deletion by having the Deletion Protection feature enabled at the Aurora cluster level.
  impact: |
    The RDS cluster can be accidentally deleted, leading to potential data loss and service disruption.
  remediation: |
    Enable deletion protection for the RDS cluster via the AWS Management Console, CLI, or API to prevent accidental deletion.
  reference:
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity-staging/knowledge-base/aws/RDS/cluster-deletion-protection.html
    - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-rds-now-provides-database-deletion-protection/
  tags: cloud,devops,aws,amazon,rds,aws-cloud-config

variables:
  region: "us-west-2"

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let DBClusterIdentifier of iterate(template.dbclusters)){
    set("dbcluster", DBClusterIdentifier)
    code(2)
  }

self-contained: true

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

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

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash

    source: |
        aws rds describe-db-clusters --region $region --db-cluster-identifier $dbcluster --query 'DBClusters[*].DeletionProtection' --output json

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

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'dbcluster + " RDS Cluster Deletion Protection is Disabled"'
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100c62fec7142f96c5fcee64e79b191c1c3346f1e0dd8fe04592e3f68200e30f323022100a01043e1f50b527f87dac2846470e04751af42ecbadff2d4f17003377d01b827:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/rds-cluster-protection-disabled.yaml"

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