S3 Static Website Host Enabled

• Query id: 90501b1b-cded-4cc1-9e8b-206b85cda317
• Query name: S3 Static Website Host Enabled
• Platform: CloudFormation
• Severity: High
• Category: Insecure Configurations
• URL: Github

Description

Checks if any static websites are hosted on buckets. Even static websites can be a liability when poorly configured.
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - yaml file

Resources:
  Bucket2:
    Type: AWS::S3::Bucket
    Properties:
      AccessControl: PublicRead
      WebsiteConfiguration:
        IndexDocument: index.html
        ErrorDocument: error.html

Positive test num. 2 - json file

{
  "Resources": {
    "Bucket2": {
      "Type": "AWS::S3::Bucket",
      "Properties": {
        "AccessControl": "PublicRead",
        "WebsiteConfiguration": {
          "IndexDocument": "index.html",
          "ErrorDocument": "error.html"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - yaml file

Resources:
  Bucket1:
    Type: AWS::S3::Bucket
    Properties:
      PublicAccessBlockConfiguration:
        BlockPublicAcls       : true
        BlockPublicPolicy     : true
        IgnorePublicAcls      : true
        RestrictPublicBuckets : true

Negative test num. 2 - json file

{
  "Resources": {
    "Bucket1": {
      "Type": "AWS::S3::Bucket",
      "Properties": {
        "PublicAccessBlockConfiguration": {
          "BlockPublicAcls": true,
          "BlockPublicPolicy": true,
          "IgnorePublicAcls": true,
          "RestrictPublicBuckets": true
        },
        "AccessControl": "Private"
      }
    }
  }
}