ELB Access Log Disabled

• Query id: 20018359-6fd7-4d05-ab26-d4dffccbdf79
• Query name: ELB Access Log Disabled
• Platform: Terraform
• Severity: Medium
• Category: Observability
• URL: Github

Description

ELB should have logging enabled to help on error investigation
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Postitive test num. 1 - tf file

resource "aws_elb" "postive1" {
  name               = "foobar-terraform-elb"
  availability_zones = ["us-west-2a", "us-west-2b", "us-west-2c"]

  access_logs {
    bucket        = "foo"
    bucket_prefix = "bar"
    interval      = 60
    enabled = false
  }

  listener {
    instance_port     = 8000
    instance_protocol = "http"
    lb_port           = 80
    lb_protocol       = "http"
  }

  listener {
    instance_port      = 8000
    instance_protocol  = "http"
    lb_port            = 443
    lb_protocol        = "https"
    ssl_certificate_id = "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:server-certificate/certName"
  }

  health_check {
    healthy_threshold   = 2
    unhealthy_threshold = 2
    timeout             = 3
    target              = "HTTP:8000/"
    interval            = 30
  }

  instances                   = [aws_instance.foo.id]
  cross_zone_load_balancing   = true
  idle_timeout                = 400
  connection_draining         = true
  connection_draining_timeout = 400

  tags = {
    Name = "foobar-terraform-elb"
  }
}

Postitive test num. 2 - tf file

resource "aws_elb" "postive2" {
  name               = "foobar-terraform-elb"
  availability_zones = ["us-west-2a", "us-west-2b", "us-west-2c"]

  listener {
    instance_port     = 8000
    instance_protocol = "http"
    lb_port           = 80
    lb_protocol       = "http"
  }

  listener {
    instance_port      = 8000
    instance_protocol  = "http"
    lb_port            = 443
    lb_protocol        = "https"
    ssl_certificate_id = "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:server-certificate/certName"
  }

  health_check {
    healthy_threshold   = 2
    unhealthy_threshold = 2
    timeout             = 3
    target              = "HTTP:8000/"
    interval            = 30
  }

  instances                   = [aws_instance.foo.id]
  cross_zone_load_balancing   = true
  idle_timeout                = 400
  connection_draining         = true
  connection_draining_timeout = 400

  tags = {
    Name = "foobar-terraform-elb"
  }
}

Postitive test num. 3 - tf file

module "elb_http" {
  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/elb/aws"
  version = "~> 2.0"

  name = "elb-example"

  subnets         = ["subnet-12345678", "subnet-87654321"]
  security_groups = ["sg-12345678"]
  internal        = false

  listener = [
    {
      instance_port     = 80
      instance_protocol = "HTTP"
      lb_port           = 80
      lb_protocol       = "HTTP"
    },
    {
      instance_port     = 8080
      instance_protocol = "http"
      lb_port           = 8080
      lb_protocol       = "http"
      ssl_certificate_id = "arn:aws:acm:eu-west-1:235367859451:certificate/6c270328-2cd5-4b2d-8dfd-ae8d0004ad31"
    },
  ]

  health_check = {
    target              = "HTTP:80/"
    interval            = 30
    healthy_threshold   = 2
    unhealthy_threshold = 2
    timeout             = 5
  }

  // ELB attachments
  number_of_instances = 2
  instances           = ["i-06ff41a77dfb5349d", "i-4906ff41a77dfb53d"]

  tags = {
    Owner       = "user"
    Environment = "dev"
  }
}

Postitive test num. 4 - tf file

module "elb_http" {
  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/elb/aws"
  version = "~> 2.0"

  name = "elb-example"

  subnets         = ["subnet-12345678", "subnet-87654321"]
  security_groups = ["sg-12345678"]
  internal        = false

  listener = [
    {
      instance_port     = 80
      instance_protocol = "HTTP"
      lb_port           = 80
      lb_protocol       = "HTTP"
    },
    {
      instance_port     = 8080
      instance_protocol = "http"
      lb_port           = 8080
      lb_protocol       = "http"
      ssl_certificate_id = "arn:aws:acm:eu-west-1:235367859451:certificate/6c270328-2cd5-4b2d-8dfd-ae8d0004ad31"
    },
  ]

  health_check = {
    target              = "HTTP:80/"
    interval            = 30
    healthy_threshold   = 2
    unhealthy_threshold = 2
    timeout             = 5
  }

  access_logs = {
    bucket        = "foo"
    bucket_prefix = "bar"
    interval      = 60
    enabled       = false
  }

  // ELB attachments
  number_of_instances = 2
  instances           = ["i-06ff41a77dfb5349d", "i-4906ff41a77dfb53d"]

  tags = {
    Owner       = "user"
    Environment = "dev"
  }
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - tf file

resource "aws_elb" "negative1" {
  name               = "foobar-terraform-elb"
  availability_zones = ["us-west-2a", "us-west-2b", "us-west-2c"]

  access_logs {
    bucket        = "foo"
    bucket_prefix = "bar"
    interval      = 60
  }

  listener {
    instance_port     = 8000
    instance_protocol = "http"
    lb_port           = 80
    lb_protocol       = "http"
  }

  listener {
    instance_port      = 8000
    instance_protocol  = "http"
    lb_port            = 443
    lb_protocol        = "https"
    ssl_certificate_id = "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:server-certificate/certName"
  }

  health_check {
    healthy_threshold   = 2
    unhealthy_threshold = 2
    timeout             = 3
    target              = "HTTP:8000/"
    interval            = 30
  }

  instances                   = [aws_instance.foo.id]
  cross_zone_load_balancing   = true
  idle_timeout                = 400
  connection_draining         = true
  connection_draining_timeout = 400

  tags = {
    Name = "foobar-terraform-elb"
  }
}

Negative test num. 2 - tf file

resource "aws_elb" "negative2" {
  name               = "foobar-terraform-elb"
  availability_zones = ["us-west-2a", "us-west-2b", "us-west-2c"]

  access_logs {
    bucket        = "foo"
    bucket_prefix = "bar"
    interval      = 60
    enabled = true
  }

  listener {
    instance_port     = 8000
    instance_protocol = "http"
    lb_port           = 80
    lb_protocol       = "http"
  }

  listener {
    instance_port      = 8000
    instance_protocol  = "http"
    lb_port            = 443
    lb_protocol        = "https"
    ssl_certificate_id = "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:server-certificate/certName"
  }

  health_check {
    healthy_threshold   = 2
    unhealthy_threshold = 2
    timeout             = 3
    target              = "HTTP:8000/"
    interval            = 30
  }

  instances                   = [aws_instance.foo.id]
  cross_zone_load_balancing   = true
  idle_timeout                = 400
  connection_draining         = true
  connection_draining_timeout = 400

  tags = {
    Name = "foobar-terraform-elb"
  }
}

Negative test num. 3 - tf file

module "elb_http" {
  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/elb/aws"
  version = "~> 2.0"

  name = "elb-example"

  subnets         = ["subnet-12345678", "subnet-87654321"]
  security_groups = ["sg-12345678"]
  internal        = false

  listener = [
    {
      instance_port     = 80
      instance_protocol = "HTTP"
      lb_port           = 80
      lb_protocol       = "HTTP"
    },
    {
      instance_port     = 8080
      instance_protocol = "http"
      lb_port           = 8080
      lb_protocol       = "http"
      ssl_certificate_id = "arn:aws:acm:eu-west-1:235367859451:certificate/6c270328-2cd5-4b2d-8dfd-ae8d0004ad31"
    },
  ]

  health_check = {
    target              = "HTTP:80/"
    interval            = 30
    healthy_threshold   = 2
    unhealthy_threshold = 2
    timeout             = 5
  }

  access_logs = {
    bucket        = "foo"
    bucket_prefix = "bar"
    interval      = 60
  }

  // ELB attachments
  number_of_instances = 2
  instances           = ["i-06ff41a77dfb5349d", "i-4906ff41a77dfb53d"]

  tags = {
    Owner       = "user"
    Environment = "dev"
  }
}

Negative test num. 4 - tf file

module "elb_http" {
  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/elb/aws"
  version = "~> 2.0"

  name = "elb-example"

  subnets         = ["subnet-12345678", "subnet-87654321"]
  security_groups = ["sg-12345678"]
  internal        = false

  listener = [
    {
      instance_port     = 80
      instance_protocol = "HTTP"
      lb_port           = 80
      lb_protocol       = "HTTP"
    },
    {
      instance_port     = 8080
      instance_protocol = "http"
      lb_port           = 8080
      lb_protocol       = "http"
      ssl_certificate_id = "arn:aws:acm:eu-west-1:235367859451:certificate/6c270328-2cd5-4b2d-8dfd-ae8d0004ad31"
    },
  ]

  health_check = {
    target              = "HTTP:80/"
    interval            = 30
    healthy_threshold   = 2
    unhealthy_threshold = 2
    timeout             = 5
  }

  access_logs = {
    bucket        = "foo"
    bucket_prefix = "bar"
    interval      = 60
    enabled       = true
  }

  // ELB attachments
  number_of_instances = 2
  instances           = ["i-06ff41a77dfb5349d", "i-4906ff41a77dfb53d"]

  tags = {
    Owner       = "user"
    Environment = "dev"
  }
}