VPC Subnet Assigns Public IP

• Query id: 52f04a44-6bfa-4c41-b1d3-4ae99a2de05c
• Query name: VPC Subnet Assigns Public IP
• Platform: Terraform
• Severity: Medium
• Category: Networking and Firewall
• URL: Github

Description

VPC Subnet should not assign public IP
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Postitive test num. 1 - tf file

resource "aws_vpc" "main" {
  cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
}

resource "aws_subnet" "positive" {
  vpc_id     = aws_vpc.main.id
  cidr_block = "10.0.1.0/24"

  tags = {
    Name = "Positive"
  }

  map_public_ip_on_launch = true
}

Postitive test num. 2 - tf file

module "vpc" {
  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"
  version = "3.7.0"

  name = "my-vpc"
  cidr = "10.0.0.0/16"

  azs             = ["eu-west-1a", "eu-west-1b", "eu-west-1c"]
  private_subnets = ["10.0.1.0/24", "10.0.2.0/24", "10.0.3.0/24"]

  map_public_ip_on_launch = true
  enable_nat_gateway      = true
  enable_vpn_gateway      = true

  tags = {
    Terraform   = "true"
    Environment = "dev"
  }
}

Postitive test num. 3 - tf file

module "vpc" {
  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"
  version = "3.7.0"

  name = "my-vpc"
  cidr = "10.0.0.0/16"

  azs             = ["eu-west-1a", "eu-west-1b", "eu-west-1c"]
  private_subnets = ["10.0.1.0/24", "10.0.2.0/24", "10.0.3.0/24"]

  enable_nat_gateway = true
  enable_vpn_gateway = true

  tags = {
    Terraform   = "true"
    Environment = "dev"
  }
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - tf file

resource "aws_vpc" "main2" {
  cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
}

resource "aws_subnet" "negative1" {
  vpc_id     = aws_vpc.main2.id
  cidr_block = "10.0.1.0/24"

  tags = {
    Name = "Negative1"
  }
}

Negative test num. 2 - tf file

resource "aws_vpc" "main3" {
  cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
}

resource "aws_subnet" "negative2" {
  vpc_id     = aws_vpc.main3.id
  cidr_block = "10.0.1.0/24"

  tags = {
    Name = "Negative2"
  }

  map_public_ip_on_launch = false
}

Negative test num. 3 - tf file

module "vpc" {
  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"
  version = "3.7.0"

  name = "my-vpc"
  cidr = "10.0.0.0/16"

  azs             = ["eu-west-1a", "eu-west-1b", "eu-west-1c"]
  private_subnets = ["10.0.1.0/24", "10.0.2.0/24", "10.0.3.0/24"]

  map_public_ip_on_launch = false
  enable_nat_gateway      = true
  enable_vpn_gateway      = true

  tags = {
    Terraform   = "true"
    Environment = "dev"
  }
}