CloudWatch Management Console Auth Failed Alarm Missing

• Query id: 5864d189-ee9a-4009-ac0c-8a582e6b7919
• Query name: CloudWatch Management Console Auth Failed Alarm Missing
• Platform: Terraform
• Severity: Medium
• Category: Observability
• URL: Github

Description

Ensure a log metric filter and alarm exist for AWS Management Console authentication failures
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - tf file

resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter" "cis_console_authn_failure_metric_filter" {
  name           = "CIS-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
  pattern        = "{ ($.eventName = ConsoleLogin) && ($.errorMessage = \"Failed authentication\") }"
  log_group_name = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.CIS_CloudWatch_LogsGroup.name

  metric_transformation {
    name      = "CIS-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
    namespace = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
    value     = "1"
  }
}
resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "cis_console_authn_failure_cw_alarm" {
  alarm_name                = "CIS-3.6-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
  comparison_operator       = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
  evaluation_periods        = "1"
  metric_name               = "XXX NOT YOUR FILTER"
  namespace                 = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
  period                    = "300"
  statistic                 = "Sum"
  threshold                 = "1"
  alarm_description         = "Monitoring failed console logins may decrease lead time to detect an attempt to brute force a credential, which may provide an indicator, such as source IP, that can be used in other event correlation."
  alarm_actions             = [aws_sns_topic.CIS_Alerts_SNS_Topic.arn]
  insufficient_data_actions = []
}

resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter" "cis_no_mfa_console_signin_metric_filter" {
  name           = "CIS-ConsoleSigninWithoutMFA"
  pattern        = "{ ($.eventName = \"ConsoleLogin\") && ($.additionalEventData.MFAUsed != \"Yes\") }"
  log_group_name = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.CIS_CloudWatch_LogsGroup.name

  metric_transformation {
    name      = "CIS-ConsoleSigninWithoutMFA"
    namespace = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
    value     = "1"
  }
}

resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "cis_no_mfa_console_signin_cw_alarm" {
  alarm_name                = "CIS-3.2-ConsoleSigninWithoutMFA"
  comparison_operator       = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
  evaluation_periods        = "1"
  metric_name               = aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter.cis_no_mfa_console_signin_metric_filter.id
  namespace                 = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
  period                    = "300"
  statistic                 = "Sum"
  threshold                 = "1"
  alarm_description         = "Monitoring for single-factor console logins will increase visibility into accounts that are not protected by MFA."
  alarm_actions             = [aws_sns_topic.CIS_Alerts_SNS_Topic.arn]
  insufficient_data_actions = []
}

Positive test num. 2 - tf file

resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter" "cis_console_authn_failure_metric_filter" {
  name           = "CIS-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
  pattern        = "{ (($.eventName = ConsoleLogin)) && ($.errorMessage != \"Failed authentication\") }"
  log_group_name = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.CIS_CloudWatch_LogsGroup.name

  metric_transformation {
    name      = "CIS-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
    namespace = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
    value     = "1"
  }
}
resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "cis_console_authn_failure_cw_alarm" {
  alarm_name                = "CIS-3.6-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
  comparison_operator       = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
  evaluation_periods        = "1"
  metric_name               = aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter.cis_console_authn_failure_metric_filter.id
  namespace                 = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
  period                    = "300"
  statistic                 = "Sum"
  threshold                 = "1"
  alarm_description         = "Monitoring failed console logins may decrease lead time to detect an attempt to brute force a credential, which may provide an indicator, such as source IP, that can be used in other event correlation."
  alarm_actions             = [aws_sns_topic.CIS_Alerts_SNS_Topic.arn]
  insufficient_data_actions = []
}

Positive test num. 3 - tf file

resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter" "cis_console_authn_failure_metric_filter" {
  name           = "CIS-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
  pattern        = "{ $.eventName != ConsoleLogin && $.errorMessage = \"Failed authentication\" }"
  log_group_name = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.CIS_CloudWatch_LogsGroup.name

  metric_transformation {
    name      = "CIS-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
    namespace = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
    value     = "1"
  }
}

resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "cis_console_authn_failure_cw_alarm" {
  alarm_name                = "CIS-3.6-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
  comparison_operator       = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
  evaluation_periods        = "1"
  metric_name               = aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter.cis_console_authn_failure_metric_filter.id
  namespace                 = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
  period                    = "300"
  statistic                 = "Sum"
  threshold                 = "1"
  alarm_description         = "Monitoring failed console logins may decrease lead time to detect an attempt to brute force a credential, which may provide an indicator, such as source IP, that can be used in other event correlation."
  alarm_actions             = [aws_sns_topic.CIS_Alerts_SNS_Topic.arn]
  insufficient_data_actions = []
}

Positive test num. 4 - tf file

resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter" "cis_console_authn_failure_metric_filter" {
  name           = "CIS-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
  pattern        = "{ $.eventName = ConsoleLogin || $.errorMessage = \"Failed authentication\" }"
  log_group_name = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.CIS_CloudWatch_LogsGroup.name

  metric_transformation {
    name      = "CIS-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
    namespace = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
    value     = "1"
  }
}

resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "cis_console_authn_failure_cw_alarm" {
  alarm_name                = "CIS-3.6-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
  comparison_operator       = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
  evaluation_periods        = "1"
  metric_name               = aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter.cis_console_authn_failure_metric_filter.id
  namespace                 = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
  period                    = "300"
  statistic                 = "Sum"
  threshold                 = "1"
  alarm_description         = "Monitoring failed console logins may decrease lead time to detect an attempt to brute force a credential, which may provide an indicator, such as source IP, that can be used in other event correlation."
  alarm_actions             = [aws_sns_topic.CIS_Alerts_SNS_Topic.arn]
  insufficient_data_actions = []
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - tf file

resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter" "cis_console_authn_failure_metric_filter" {
  name           = "CIS-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
  pattern        = "{ (($.eventName = ConsoleLogin) && ($.errorMessage = \"Failed authentication\")) }"
  log_group_name = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.CIS_CloudWatch_LogsGroup.name

  metric_transformation {
    name      = "CIS-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
    namespace = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
    value     = "1"
  }
}
resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "cis_console_authn_failure_cw_alarm" {
  alarm_name                = "CIS-3.6-ConsoleAuthenticationFailure"
  comparison_operator       = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
  evaluation_periods        = "1"
  metric_name               = aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter.cis_console_authn_failure_metric_filter.id
  namespace                 = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
  period                    = "300"
  statistic                 = "Sum"
  threshold                 = "1"
  alarm_description         = "Monitoring failed console logins may decrease lead time to detect an attempt to brute force a credential, which may provide an indicator, such as source IP, that can be used in other event correlation."
  alarm_actions             = [aws_sns_topic.CIS_Alerts_SNS_Topic.arn]
  insufficient_data_actions = []
}

resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter" "cis_no_mfa_console_signin_metric_filter" {
  name           = "CIS-ConsoleSigninWithoutMFA"
  pattern        = "{ ($.eventName = \"ConsoleLogin\") && ($.additionalEventData.MFAUsed != \"Yes\") }"
  log_group_name = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.CIS_CloudWatch_LogsGroup.name

  metric_transformation {
    name      = "CIS-ConsoleSigninWithoutMFA"
    namespace = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
    value     = "1"
  }
}

resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "cis_no_mfa_console_signin_cw_alarm" {
  alarm_name                = "CIS-3.2-ConsoleSigninWithoutMFA"
  comparison_operator       = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
  evaluation_periods        = "1"
  metric_name               = aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter.cis_no_mfa_console_signin_metric_filter.id
  namespace                 = "CIS_Metric_Alarm_Namespace"
  period                    = "300"
  statistic                 = "Sum"
  threshold                 = "1"
  alarm_description         = "Monitoring for single-factor console logins will increase visibility into accounts that are not protected by MFA."
  alarm_actions             = ["aws_sns_topic.CIS_Alerts_SNS_Topic.arn"]
  insufficient_data_actions = []
}