DynamoDB With Aws Owned CMK

• Query id: c8dee387-a2e6-4a73-a942-183c975549ac
• Query name: DynamoDB With Aws Owned CMK
• Platform: CloudFormation
• Severity: High
• Category: Encryption
• URL: Github

Description

AWS DynamoDb should be encrypted using AWS Managed CMK, instead of AWS-owned CMK. To verify this, SSEEnabled must be verified if false for AWS-owned CMK or true for AWS-Managed CMK. Default value is false.
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample CloudFormation template for DynamoDB with AWS-Owned CMK
Resources:
  DynamoDBOnDemandTable2:
    Type: "AWS::DynamoDB::Table"
    Properties:
      TableName: "dynamodb-kms-0"
      AttributeDefinitions:
        - AttributeName: pk
          AttributeType: S
      KeySchema:
        - AttributeName: pk
          KeyType: HASH
      BillingMode: PAY_PER_REQUEST
      SSESpecification:
        SSEEnabled: false
        SSEType: "KMS"

Positive test num. 2 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-11"
Description: Sample CloudFormation template for DynamoDB with AWS-Owned CMK
Resources:
  DynamoDBOnDemandTable4:
    Type: "AWS::DynamoDB::Table"
    Properties:
      TableName: "dynamodb-kms-2"
      AttributeDefinitions:
        - AttributeName: pk
          AttributeType: S
      KeySchema:
        - AttributeName: pk
          KeyType: HASH
      BillingMode: PAY_PER_REQUEST
      SSESpecification:
        SSEType: "KMS"

Positive test num. 3 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-10"
Description: Sample CloudFormation template for DynamoDB with AWS-Owned CMK
Resources:
  DynamoDBOnDemandTable5:
    Type: "AWS::DynamoDB::Table"
    Properties:
      TableName: "dynamodb-kms-3"
      AttributeDefinitions:
        - AttributeName: pk
          AttributeType: S
      KeySchema:
        - AttributeName: pk
          KeyType: HASH
      BillingMode: PAY_PER_REQUEST

Positive test num. 4 - json file

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "Sample CloudFormation template for DynamoDB with AWS-Owned CMK",
  "Resources": {
    "DynamoDBOnDemandTable2": {
      "Type": "AWS::DynamoDB::Table",
      "Properties": {
        "TableName": "dynamodb-kms-0",
        "AttributeDefinitions": [
          {
            "AttributeName": "pk",
            "AttributeType": "S"
          }
        ],
        "KeySchema": [
          {
            "AttributeName": "pk",
            "KeyType": "HASH"
          }
        ],
        "BillingMode": "PAY_PER_REQUEST",
        "SSESpecification": {
          "SSEEnabled": false,
          "SSEType": "KMS"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample CloudFormation template for DynamoDB with customer managed CMK
Resources:
  dynamodbKMSKey:
    Type: AWS::KMS::Key
    Properties:
      Description: "An example CMK"
      KeyPolicy:
        Version: "2012-10-17"
        Id: "key-default-1"
        Statement:
          - Sid: "Allow administration of the key"
            Effect: "Allow"
            Principal:
              AWS: "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/ana"
            Action:
              - "kms:Create*"
              - "kms:Describe*"
              - "kms:Enable*"
              - "kms:List*"
              - "kms:Put*"
              - "kms:Update*"
              - "kms:Revoke*"
              - "kms:Disable*"
              - "kms:Get*"
              - "kms:Delete*"
              - "kms:ScheduleKeyDeletion"
              - "kms:CancelKeyDeletion"
            Resource: "*"
          - Sid: "Allow use of the key"
            Effect: "Allow"
            Principal:
              AWS: "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/ana"
            Action:
              - "kms:DescribeKey"
              - "kms:Encrypt"
              - "kms:Decrypt"
              - "kms:ReEncrypt*"
              - "kms:GenerateDataKey"
              - "kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext"
            Resource: "*"

  DynamoDBOnDemandTable1:
    Type: "AWS::DynamoDB::Table"
    Properties:
      TableName: "dynamodb-kms"
      AttributeDefinitions:
        - AttributeName: pk
          AttributeType: S
      KeySchema:
        - AttributeName: pk
          KeyType: HASH
      BillingMode: PAY_PER_REQUEST
      SSESpecification:
        KMSMasterKeyId: !Ref dynamodbKMSKey
        SSEEnabled: true
        SSEType: "KMS"

Negative test num. 2 - json file

{
  "Resources": {
    "dynamodbKMSKey": {
      "Type": "AWS::KMS::Key",
      "Properties": {
        "Description": "An example CMK",
        "KeyPolicy": {
          "Version": "2012-10-17",
          "Id": "key-default-1",
          "Statement": [
            {
              "Sid": "Allow administration of the key",
              "Effect": "Allow",
              "Principal": {
                "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/ana"
              },
              "Action": [
                "kms:Create*",
                "kms:Describe*",
                "kms:Enable*",
                "kms:List*",
                "kms:Put*",
                "kms:Update*",
                "kms:Revoke*",
                "kms:Disable*",
                "kms:Get*",
                "kms:Delete*",
                "kms:ScheduleKeyDeletion",
                "kms:CancelKeyDeletion"
              ],
              "Resource": "*"
            },
            {
              "Sid": "Allow use of the key",
              "Effect": "Allow",
              "Principal": {
                "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/ana"
              },
              "Action": [
                "kms:DescribeKey",
                "kms:Encrypt",
                "kms:Decrypt",
                "kms:ReEncrypt*",
                "kms:GenerateDataKey",
                "kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext"
              ],
              "Resource": "*"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    "DynamoDBOnDemandTable1": {
      "Type": "AWS::DynamoDB::Table",
      "Properties": {
        "BillingMode": "PAY_PER_REQUEST",
        "SSESpecification": {
          "KMSMasterKeyId": "dynamodbKMSKey",
          "SSEEnabled": true,
          "SSEType": "KMS"
        },
        "TableName": "dynamodb-kms",
        "AttributeDefinitions": [
          {
            "AttributeName": "pk",
            "AttributeType": "S"
          }
        ],
        "KeySchema": [
          {
            "AttributeName": "pk",
            "KeyType": "HASH"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "Sample CloudFormation template for DynamoDB with customer managed CMK"
}