PostgreSQL Log Connections Disabled

Query id: d7a5616f-0a3f-4d43-bc2b-29d1a183e317
Query name: PostgreSQL Log Connections Disabled
Platform: Ansible
Severity: High
Category: Observability
URL: Github

Description¶

PostgreSQL database instance should have a 'log_connections' flag with its value set to 'on'
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Code samples¶

Code samples with security vulnerabilities¶

Postitive test num. 1 - yaml file

- name: create instance
  google.cloud.gcp_sql_instance:
    name: GCP instance
    settings:
      databaseFlags:
      - name: log_connections
        value: off
      tier: db-n1-standard-1
    region: us-central1
    project: test_project
    database_version: POSTGRES_9_6
    auth_kind: serviceaccount
    service_account_file: "/tmp/auth.pem"
    state: present
- name: create another instance
  google.cloud.gcp_sql_instance:
    name: GCP instance 2
    settings:
      tier: db-n1-standard-1
    region: us-central1
    project: test_project
    database_version: POSTGRES_9_6
    auth_kind: serviceaccount
    service_account_file: "/tmp/auth.pem"
    state: present

Code samples without security vulnerabilities¶

Negative test num. 1 - yaml file

- name: create a instance
  google.cloud.gcp_sql_instance:
    name: GCP instance
    settings:
      databaseFlags:
      - name: log_connections
        value: on
      tier: db-n1-standard-1
    region: us-central1
    project: test_project
    database_version: POSTGRES_9_6
    auth_kind: serviceaccount
    service_account_file: /tmp/auth.pem
    state: present