API Gateway without WAF

• Query id: fcbf9019-566c-4832-a65c-af00d8137d2b
• Query name: API Gateway without WAF
• Platform: CloudFormation
• Severity: Medium
• Category: Networking and Firewall
• URL: Github

Description

API Gateway should have WAF (Web Application Firewall) enabled
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: "BatchJobDefinition"
Resources:
  Prod:
    Type: AWS::ApiGateway::Stage
    Properties:
      StageName: Prod
      Description: Prod Stage
      RestApiId: !Ref MyRestApi
      DeploymentId: !Ref TestDeployment
      DocumentationVersion: !Ref MyDocumentationVersion
      ClientCertificateId: !Ref ClientCertificate
      Variables:
        Stack: Prod
      MethodSettings:
        - ResourcePath: /
          HttpMethod: GET
          MetricsEnabled: 'true'
          DataTraceEnabled: 'false'
        - ResourcePath: /stack
          HttpMethod: POST
          MetricsEnabled: 'true'
          DataTraceEnabled: 'false'
          ThrottlingBurstLimit: '999'
        - ResourcePath: /stack
          HttpMethod: GET
          MetricsEnabled: 'true'
          DataTraceEnabled: 'false'
          ThrottlingBurstLimit: '555'
  SampleWebACLAssociation:
    Type: 'AWS::WAFv2::WebACLAssociation'
    Properties:
      WebACLArn: ExampleARNForWebACL
      ResourceArn: arn:aws:apigateway:region::/restapis/api-id/stages/stage

Positive test num. 2 - json file

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Resources": {
    "Prod": {
      "Properties": {
        "ClientCertificateId": "ClientCertificate",
        "DeploymentId": "TestDeployment",
        "Description": "Prod Stage",
        "DocumentationVersion": "MyDocumentationVersion",
        "MethodSettings": [
          {
            "DataTraceEnabled": "false",
            "HttpMethod": "GET",
            "MetricsEnabled": "true",
            "ResourcePath": "/"
          },
          {
            "DataTraceEnabled": "false",
            "HttpMethod": "POST",
            "MetricsEnabled": "true",
            "ResourcePath": "/stack",
            "ThrottlingBurstLimit": "999"
          },
          {
            "DataTraceEnabled": "false",
            "HttpMethod": "GET",
            "MetricsEnabled": "true",
            "ResourcePath": "/stack",
            "ThrottlingBurstLimit": "555"
          }
        ],
        "RestApiId": "MyRestApi",
        "StageName": "Prod",
        "Variables": {
          "Stack": "Prod"
        }
      },
      "Type": "AWS::ApiGateway::Stage"
    },
    "SampleWebACLAssociation": {
      "Properties": {
        "ResourceArn": "arn:aws:apigateway:region::/restapis/api-id/stages/stage",
        "WebACLArn": "ExampleARNForWebACL"
      },
      "Type": "AWS::WAFv2::WebACLAssociation"
    }
  }
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: "BatchJobDefinition"
Resources:
  Production:
    Type: AWS::ApiGateway::Stage
    Properties:
      StageName: Production
      Description: Prod Stage
      RestApiId: !Ref MyRestApi
      DeploymentId: !Ref TestDeployment
      DocumentationVersion: !Ref MyDocumentationVersion
      ClientCertificateId: !Ref ClientCertificate
      Variables:
        Stack: Production
      MethodSettings:
        - ResourcePath: /
          HttpMethod: GET
          MetricsEnabled: 'true'
          DataTraceEnabled: 'false'
        - ResourcePath: /stack
          HttpMethod: POST
          MetricsEnabled: 'true'
          DataTraceEnabled: 'false'
          ThrottlingBurstLimit: '999'
        - ResourcePath: /stack
          HttpMethod: GET
          MetricsEnabled: 'true'
          DataTraceEnabled: 'false'
          ThrottlingBurstLimit: '555'
  SampleWebACLAssociation:
    Type: 'AWS::WAFv2::WebACLAssociation'
    Properties:
      WebACLArn: ExampleARNForWebACL
      ResourceArn: arn:aws:apigateway:region::/restapis/api-id/stages/Production

Negative test num. 2 - json file

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Resources": {
    "Production": {
      "Properties": {
        "ClientCertificateId": "ClientCertificate",
        "DeploymentId": "TestDeployment",
        "Description": "Prod Stage",
        "DocumentationVersion": "MyDocumentationVersion",
        "MethodSettings": [
          {
            "DataTraceEnabled": "false",
            "HttpMethod": "GET",
            "MetricsEnabled": "true",
            "ResourcePath": "/"
          },
          {
            "DataTraceEnabled": "false",
            "HttpMethod": "POST",
            "MetricsEnabled": "true",
            "ResourcePath": "/stack",
            "ThrottlingBurstLimit": "999"
          },
          {
            "DataTraceEnabled": "false",
            "HttpMethod": "GET",
            "MetricsEnabled": "true",
            "ResourcePath": "/stack",
            "ThrottlingBurstLimit": "555"
          }
        ],
        "RestApiId": "MyRestApi",
        "StageName": "Production",
        "Variables": {
          "Stack": "Production"
        }
      },
      "Type": "AWS::ApiGateway::Stage"
    },
    "SampleWebACLAssociation": {
      "Properties": {
        "ResourceArn": "arn:aws:apigateway:region::/restapis/api-id/stages/Production",
        "WebACLArn": "ExampleARNForWebACL"
      },
      "Type": "AWS::WAFv2::WebACLAssociation"
    }
  }
}