Redis Disabled

  • Query id: 4bd15dd9-8d5e-4008-8532-27eb0c3706d3
  • Query name: Redis Disabled
  • Platform: Terraform
  • Severity: Low
  • Category: Insecure Configurations
  • CWE: 665
  • URL: Github

Description

ElastiCache should have Redis enabled, since it covers Compliance Certifications such as FedRAMP, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. For more information, take a look at 'https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/mem-ug/SelectEngine.html'
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - tf file
#this is a problematic code where the query should report a result(s)
resource "aws_elasticache_cluster" "positive1" {
  cluster_id           = "cluster-example"
  engine               = "memcached"
  node_type            = "cache.m4.large"
  num_cache_nodes      = 1
  engine_version       = "3.2.10"
  port                 = 6379
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - tf file
#this code is a correct code for which the query should not find any result
resource "aws_elasticache_cluster" "negative1" {
  cluster_id           = "cluster-example"
  engine               = "redis"
  node_type            = "cache.m4.large"
  num_cache_nodes      = 2
  port                 = 11211
}