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Missing Nginx Rate Limiting Configuration

ID: file-missing-nginx-rate-limiting

Severity: medium

Author: pussycat0x

Tags: audit,file,nginx,hardening

Description

Section titled “Description”

Ensures that rate limiting is properly configured in Nginx to prevent excessive requests from a single client.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: file-missing-nginx-rate-limiting


info:
  name: Missing Nginx Rate Limiting Configuration
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensures that rate limiting is properly configured in Nginx to prevent excessive requests from a single client.
  remediation: |
    Add 'limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=mylimit:10m rate=10r/s;' in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.
  reference:
    - https://wiki.devsecopsguides.com/docs/checklists/mongodb/
    - https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_limit_req_module.html
  metadata:
    verified: true
  tags: audit,file,nginx,hardening


file:
  - extensions:
      - conf


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "http"
          - "events"
        condition: and


      - type: word
        words:
          - "limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone="
          - "rate="
        condition: and
        negative: true
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “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.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "file/audit/nginx/file-nginx-rate-limiting.yaml"

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