Root Account Has Active Access Keys

Query id: 4c137350-7307-4803-8c04-17c09a7a9fcf
Query name: Root Account Has Active Access Keys
Platform: CloudFormation
Severity: High
Category: Insecure Configurations
CWE: 710
URL: Github

Description¶

The AWS Root Account must not have active access keys associated, which means if there are access keys associated to the Root Account, they must be inactive.
Documentation

Code samples¶

Code samples with security vulnerabilities¶

Positive test num. 1 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Resources:
  CFNKeys:
    Type: AWS::IAM::AccessKey
    Properties:
      UserName: Root

Positive test num. 2 - json file

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Resources": {
    "CFNKeys": {
      "Type": "AWS::IAM::AccessKey",
      "Properties": {
        "UserName": "Root"
      }
    }
  }
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities¶

Negative test num. 1 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Resources:
  CFNKeys:
    Type: AWS::IAM::AccessKey
    Properties:
      UserName: MyUser

Negative test num. 2 - json file

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Resources": {
    "CFNKeys": {
      "Type": "AWS::IAM::AccessKey",
      "Properties": {
        "UserName": "MyUser"
      }
    }
  }
}