MQ Broker Logging Disabled

• Query id: e519ed6a-8328-4b69-8eb7-8fa549ac3050
• Query name: MQ Broker Logging Disabled
• Platform: CloudFormation
• Severity: Medium
• Category: Observability
• URL: Github

Description

Check if MQ Brokers don't have logging enabled in any of the two options possible (audit and general).
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: "Create a basic ActiveMQ broker"
Resources:
  BasicBroker3:
    Type: "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker"
    Properties:
      BrokerName: MyBasicBroker
      DeploymentMode: SINGLE_INSTANCE
      EngineType: ActiveMQ
      EngineVersion: "5.15.0"
      HostInstanceType: mq.t2.micro
      PubliclyAccessible: false
      Users:
        -
          ConsoleAccess: "true"
          Groups:
            - MyGroup
          Password:
            Ref: "BrokerPassword"
          Username:
            Ref: "BrokerUsername"
      Logs:
        General: true
  BasicBroker4:
    Type: "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker"
    Properties:
      BrokerName: MyBasicBroker
      DeploymentMode: SINGLE_INSTANCE
      EngineType: ActiveMQ
      EngineVersion: "5.15.0"
      HostInstanceType: mq.t2.micro
      PubliclyAccessible: false
      Users:
        -
          ConsoleAccess: "true"
          Groups:
            - MyGroup
          Password:
            Ref: "BrokerPassword"
          Username:
            Ref: "BrokerUsername"
      Logs:
        Audit: true
  BasicBroker5:
    Type: "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker"
    Properties:
      BrokerName: MyBasicBroker
      DeploymentMode: SINGLE_INSTANCE
      EngineType: ActiveMQ
      EngineVersion: "5.15.0"
      HostInstanceType: mq.t2.micro
      PubliclyAccessible: false
      Users:
        -
          ConsoleAccess: "true"
          Groups:
            - MyGroup
          Password:
            Ref: "BrokerPassword"
          Username:
            Ref: "BrokerUsername"
      Logs:
        General: false
        Audit: true
  BasicBroker6:
    Type: "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker"
    Properties:
      BrokerName: MyBasicBroker
      DeploymentMode: SINGLE_INSTANCE
      EngineType: ActiveMQ
      EngineVersion: "5.15.0"
      HostInstanceType: mq.t2.micro
      PubliclyAccessible: false
      Users:
        -
          ConsoleAccess: "true"
          Groups:
            - MyGroup
          Password:
            Ref: "BrokerPassword"
          Username:
            Ref: "BrokerUsername"
      Logs:
        Audit: false
        General: true
  BasicBroker7:
    Type: "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker"
    Properties:
      BrokerName: MyBasicBroker
      DeploymentMode: SINGLE_INSTANCE
      EngineType: ActiveMQ
      EngineVersion: "5.15.0"
      HostInstanceType: mq.t2.micro
      PubliclyAccessible: false
      Users:
        -
          ConsoleAccess: "true"
          Groups:
            - MyGroup
          Password:
            Ref: "BrokerPassword"
          Username:
            Ref: "BrokerUsername"

Positive test num. 2 - json file

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "Create a basic ActiveMQ broker",
  "Resources": {
    "BasicBroker8": {
      "Type": "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker",
      "Properties": {
        "BrokerName": "MyBasicBroker",
        "DeploymentMode": "SINGLE_INSTANCE",
        "EngineType": "ActiveMQ",
        "EngineVersion": "5.15.0",
        "HostInstanceType": "mq.t2.micro",
        "Users": [
          {
            "ConsoleAccess": "true",
            "Groups": [
              "MyGroup"
            ],
            "Password": {
              "Ref": "BrokerPassword"
            },
            "Username": {
              "Ref": "BrokerUsername"
            }
          }
        ],
        "PubliclyAccessible": false,
        "Logs": {
          "General": true
        }
      }
    },
    "BasicBroker9": {
      "Type": "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker",
      "Properties": {
        "BrokerName": "MyBasicBroker",
        "DeploymentMode": "SINGLE_INSTANCE",
        "EngineType": "ActiveMQ",
        "EngineVersion": "5.15.0",
        "HostInstanceType": "mq.t2.micro",
        "Users": [
          {
            "ConsoleAccess": "true",
            "Groups": [
              "MyGroup"
            ],
            "Password": {
              "Ref": "BrokerPassword"
            },
            "Username": {
              "Ref": "BrokerUsername"
            }
          }
        ],
        "PubliclyAccessible": false,
        "Logs": {
          "Audit": true
        }
      }
    },
    "BasicBroker10": {
      "Type": "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker",
      "Properties": {
        "BrokerName": "MyBasicBroker",
        "DeploymentMode": "SINGLE_INSTANCE",
        "EngineType": "ActiveMQ",
        "EngineVersion": "5.15.0",
        "HostInstanceType": "mq.t2.micro",
        "Users": [
          {
            "ConsoleAccess": "true",
            "Groups": [
              "MyGroup"
            ],
            "Password": {
              "Ref": "BrokerPassword"
            },
            "Username": {
              "Ref": "BrokerUsername"
            }
          }
        ],
        "PubliclyAccessible": false,
        "Logs": {
          "General": false,
          "Audit": true
        }
      }
    },
    "BasicBroker11": {
      "Type": "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker",
      "Properties": {
        "BrokerName": "MyBasicBroker",
        "DeploymentMode": "SINGLE_INSTANCE",
        "EngineType": "ActiveMQ",
        "EngineVersion": "5.15.0",
        "HostInstanceType": "mq.t2.micro",
        "Users": [
          {
            "ConsoleAccess": "true",
            "Groups": [
              "MyGroup"
            ],
            "Password": {
              "Ref": "BrokerPassword"
            },
            "Username": {
              "Ref": "BrokerUsername"
            }
          }
        ],
        "PubliclyAccessible": false,
        "Logs": {
          "General": true,
          "Audit": false
        }
      }
    },
    "BasicBroker12": {
      "Type": "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker",
      "Properties": {
        "BrokerName": "MyBasicBroker",
        "DeploymentMode": "SINGLE_INSTANCE",
        "EngineType": "ActiveMQ",
        "EngineVersion": "5.15.0",
        "HostInstanceType": "mq.t2.micro",
        "Users": [
          {
            "ConsoleAccess": "true",
            "Groups": [
              "MyGroup"
            ],
            "Password": {
              "Ref": "BrokerPassword"
            },
            "Username": {
              "Ref": "BrokerUsername"
            }
          }
        ],
        "PubliclyAccessible": false
      }
    }
  }
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: "Create a basic ActiveMQ broker"
Resources:
  BasicBroker:
    Type: "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker"
    Properties:
      AutoMinorVersionUpgrade: "false"
      BrokerName: MyBasicBroker
      DeploymentMode: SINGLE_INSTANCE
      EncryptionOptions:
        UseAwsOwnedKey: true
      EngineType: ActiveMQ
      EngineVersion: "5.15.0"
      HostInstanceType: mq.t2.micro
      PubliclyAccessible: false
      Users:
        -
          ConsoleAccess: "true"
          Groups:
            - MyGroup
          Password:
            Ref: "BrokerPassword"
          Username:
            Ref: "BrokerUsername"
      Logs:
        General: true
        Audit: true

Negative test num. 2 - json file

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "Create a basic ActiveMQ broker",
  "Resources": {
    "BasicBroker2": {
      "Type": "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker",
      "Properties": {
        "BrokerName": "MyBasicBroker",
        "DeploymentMode": "SINGLE_INSTANCE",
        "EncryptionOptions": {
          "UseAwsOwnedKey": true
        },
        "EngineType": "ActiveMQ",
        "EngineVersion": "5.15.0",
        "HostInstanceType": "mq.t2.micro",
        "Users": [
          {
            "ConsoleAccess": "true",
            "Groups": [
              "MyGroup"
            ],
            "Password": {
              "Ref": "BrokerPassword"
            },
            "Username": {
              "Ref": "BrokerUsername"
            }
          }
        ],
        "AutoMinorVersionUpgrade": "false",
        "Logs": {
          "General": true,
          "Audit": true
        }
      }
    }
  }
}