ECS Task Definition Container With Plaintext Password

• Query id: d40210ea-64b9-4cce-a4fb-e8604f3c062c
• Query name: ECS Task Definition Container With Plaintext Password
• Platform: Terraform
• Severity: High
• Category: Encryption
• URL: Github

Description

It's not recommended to use plaintext environment variables for sensitive information, such as credential data.
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Postitive test num. 1 - tf file

resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "positive1" {
  family                = "service"
  container_definitions = <<EOF
  {
    "family": "",
    "taskRoleArn": "",
    "executionRoleArn": "",
    "networkMode": "awsvpc",
    "containerDefinitions": [
        {
            "name": "",
            "image": "",
            "repositoryCredentials": {"credentialsParameter": ""},
            "cpu": 0,
            "memory": 0,
            "memoryReservation": 0,
            "links": [""],
            "portMappings": [
                {
                    "containerPort": 0,
                    "hostPort": 0,
                    "protocol": "tcp"
                }
            ],
            "essential": true,
            "entryPoint": [""],
            "command": [""],
            "environment": [
                {
                    "name": "password",
                    "value": "123231231213"
                }
            ],
            "environmentFiles": [
                {
                    "value": "",
                    "type": "s3"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
EOF

  volume {
    name      = "service-storage"
    host_path = "/ecs/service-storage"
  }

  placement_constraints {
    type       = "memberOf"
    expression = "attribute:ecs.availability-zone in [us-west-2a, us-west-2b]"
  }
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - tf file

resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "negative1" {
  family                = "service"
  container_definitions = <<EOF
  {
    "family": "",
    "taskRoleArn": "",
    "executionRoleArn": "",
    "networkMode": "awsvpc",
    "containerDefinitions": [
        {
            "name": "",
            "image": "",
            "repositoryCredentials": {"credentialsParameter": ""},
            "cpu": 0,
            "memory": 0,
            "memoryReservation": 0,
            "links": [""],
            "portMappings": [
                {
                    "containerPort": 0,
                    "hostPort": 0,
                    "protocol": "tcp"
                }
            ],
            "essential": true,
            "entryPoint": [""],
            "command": [""],
            "environment": [
                {
                    "name": "",
                    "value": ""
                }
            ],
            "environmentFiles": [
                {
                    "value": "",
                    "type": "s3"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
EOF

  volume {
    name      = "service-storage"
    host_path = "/ecs/service-storage"
  }

  placement_constraints {
    type       = "memberOf"
    expression = "attribute:ecs.availability-zone in [us-west-2a, us-west-2b]"
  }
}